nutritive

The story

1. Latin · derived fromnūtriō“to suckle”
2. Late Latin · derived fromnūtritīvus
3. Middle French · derived fromnutritif
4. English todaynutritive

From Middle French nutritif, from Late Latin nūtritīvus, from the participle stem of Latin nūtriō (“to suckle”).

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