Where does “nourrice” come from?
nourrice (Middle French) comes from Old French nurrice, from Late Latin nutricia, from Latin nūtrīcius, from Latin nūtrīx, from Latin nūtriō, from Proto-Italic snoutrjō, from Proto-Indo-European snew-tr-ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- — to swim; to float.
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