nurse

nurse · noun, verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromnūtrīcius“that which nourishes”
2. Late Latin · derived fromnūtrīcia
3. Old French · derived fromnorrice
4. Middle English · inherited fromnorice
5. English todaynurse

From Middle English norice, from Old French norrice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia, noun based on Latin nūtrīcius (“that which nourishes”), from nūtrīx (“wet nurse”), from nūtriō (“to suckle”).

nurse · noun²

Uncertain; earlier (16th century) nusse, nuse. Perhaps from huss, through metanalysis of "an huss" as "a nuss".

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