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Where does “nutritif” come from?

nutritif (Old French) comes from Latin nūtritīvus, from Latin nūtriō, from Proto-Italic snoutrjō, from Proto-Indo-European snew-tr-ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- — to swim; to float.

Ancestry of “nutritif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnūtritīvus—
2Latinnūtriō—
3Proto-Italicsnoutrjō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansnew-tr-ih₂female nurser
5Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₂-to swim; to float

Words derived from “nutritif”

  • nutritive
  • nonnutritive
  • innutritive
  • nutritively
  • antinutritive
  • nutritif
  • nutritive
  • nutritif
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