Where does “nutrición” come from?
nutrición (Spanish) comes from Late Latin nutritio, from Latin nutrio, from Proto-Italic snoutrjō, from Proto-Indo-European snew-tr-ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- — to swim; to float.
nutrición (Spanish): nutrition
Ancestry of “nutrición”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Late Latin | nutritio | nutrition; Alternative form of nūtrīciō; dative... |
| 2 | Latin | nutrio | I suckle, breastfeed, nurse |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | snoutrjō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | snew-tr-ih₂ | female nurser |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)neh₂- | to swim; to float |
Words derived from “nutrición”