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nutrire
Latin · ancient
"to feed, to nourish"
to feed, to nourish
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nutrix
Latin · ancient
"a wet nurse, one who nourishes"
a wet nurse, one who nourishes, from nutrire
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norrice
Old French · medieval
"a woman who cares for and feeds a child"
carried into French for a woman who cares for and feeds a child
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nurse
English · 1300s
"a person trained to care for the sick or injured"
settled as the English word for a person trained to care for the sick
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