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Where does “nutrir” come from?

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

nutrir (Spanish): to nourish

Definitions

  1. to nourish

Ancestry of “nutrir”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nutrir”

  • desnutrir
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