foster
Swedish
/fʊstɛr/
noun
Definitions
- fetus
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse fóstr (raise, rear, nurturing, education, alimony, child support).
Origin
Old Norse
fóstr
Gloss
raise, rear, nurturing, education, alimony, child support
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cross-foster English
- foster English
- fosterable English
- fosterage English
- fosterer English
- fosteress English
- fosterest English
- fostereth English
- fosterling English
- fosterment English
- foster Norwegian Bokmål
- fosterland Swedish
- land Swedish
- foster Norwegian Nynorsk
- foster Middle English
- fóstr Old Norse
- foster Danish