英文词源
- nourish
- nourish: see nurse
- nourish (v.)
- late 13c., "to bring up, nurture" (a child, a feeling, etc.), from Old French norriss-, stem of norrir "raise, bring up, nurture, foster; maintain, provide for" (12c., Modern French nourrir), from Latin nutrire "to feed, nurse, foster, support, preserve," from *nutri (older form of nutrix "nurse"), literally "she who gives suck," from PIE *nu- (from root *(s)nau- "to swim, flow, let flow," hence "to suckle;" see nutriment) + fem. agent suffix. Related: Nourished; nourishing.
中文词源
来自古法语norrir,抚养，养育，来自拉丁语nutrire,喂养，哺乳，来自PIE*snau,流动，流淌，词源同naiad,nautical,nutriment.引申词义喂奶，抚养。拼写比较naive,native.
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词根词缀： nour(= -nutr- )哺育 + -ish动词词尾
