Where does “nourrir” come from?
nourrir (Middle French) comes from Old French norrir, from Latin nūtriō, from Proto-Italic snoutrjō, from Proto-Indo-European snew-tr-ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- — to swim; to float.
nourrir (Middle French): to feed
Ancestry of “nourrir”, step by step
Words derived from “nourrir”