norice
Middle English
/ˈnuris(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A woman employed to take care of one's children or babies; a nanny.
- An idea, behaviour or a proponent or proponents of an idea or behaviour that supports something.
- A man employed to take care of one's children and educate them.
- An animal or plant which rears or raises its offspring.
- (rare) Nourishment, rearing, raising.
- (rare) One who provides religious sustenance; a proponent of doctrines.
- (rare) One who is one's guardianship.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French norrice derived from Latin nūtrīcius (that nourishes, nourishing, that nurses suckles).
Origin
Latin
nūtrīcius
Gloss
that nourishes, nourishing, that nurses suckles
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- allonurse English
- drynurse English
- nonnurse English
- nursable English
- nurse English
- nursebot English
- nursegirl English
- nursehound English
- nurseless English
- nurselike English
- nursemaid English
- nursepond English
- nurser English
- nursest English
- nursetender English
- nurseth English
- nursie English
- nursling English
- nurst English
- nursy English
- nutritious English
- supernurse English
- telenurse English
- nūtrīcia Latin
- nūtrīcius Latin
- *(s)neh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- norische Middle English
- norserye Middle English
- norrice Old French
- norricerie Old French
- नर्स Hindi
- nars Cebuano
- ners Indonesian
- nyrs Welsh
- nosse Norman
- nars Tagalog
- unesi Zulu
- nes Tok Pisin
- nesi Swati
- nas Hausa
- नर्स Nepali