Where does “norserye” come from?
norserye (Middle English) comes from Old French norricerie, from Old French norrice, from Latin nūtrīcia, from Latin nūtrīcius, from Latin nūtrīx, from Latin nūtriō, from Proto-Italic snoutrjō, from Proto-Indo-European snew-tr-ih₂ — to swim; to float.
norserye (Middle English): A nursery; Raising of a child; childhood,...
Definitions
- A nursery; Raising of a child; childhood,...
Ancestry of “norserye”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | norricerie | — |
| 2 | Old French | norrice | a wet nurse |
| 3 | Latin | nūtrīcia | nurse |
| 4 | Latin | nūtrīcius | that suckles or nurses |
| 5 | Latin | nūtrīx | a child's nurse; wet nurse; milk mother |
| 6 | Latin | nūtriō | to suckle, breastfeed, nurse |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | snoutrjō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | snew-tr-ih₂ | female nurser |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)neh₂- | to swim; to float |