Etymology

nourishment

nour·ish·ment
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Today it means: The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished. Full definition →

Middle English norisshement ← Old French norissement
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  1. Old French · derived fromnorissement
  2. Middle English · inherited fromnorisshement
  3. English todaynourishment

From Middle English norisshement, from Middle French, from Old French norissement, from norrir, equivalent to nourish + -ment.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.