nourrice
French
noun
Definitions
- childminder, nanny
- wet nurse
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French nourrisse inherited from Old French nurrice inherited from Latin nūtrīcia, nūtrīcius (that nourishes, nourishing, that nurses suckles).
Origin
Latin
nūtrīcius
Gloss
that nourishes, nourishing, that nurses suckles
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nursery English
- nurseryfish English
- nurserymaid English
- nurseryman English
- nurseryperson English
- nurseryware English
- nurserywoman English
- nutritious English
- paleonursery English
- prenursery English
- nūtrīcia Latin
- nūtrīcius Latin
- nursery Italian
- nourricier French
- nodriza Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)neh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- noricerie Middle English
- norrice Old French
- norricerie Old French
- nurrice Old French
- nouôrriche Norman
- nourrisse Middle French