nurture

The story

1. Latin · derived fromnutrire“to nourish”
2. Late Latin · derived fromnutritura“nourishment”
3. Old French · derived fromnorriture
4. Middle English · inherited fromnorture
5. English todaynurture

From Middle English norture, noriture, from Old French norriture, norreture, from Late Latin nutritura (“nourishment”), from Latin nutrire (“to nourish”).