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nutrix.

nurse;

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈnuː.triːks]Classical-Latin[ˈnuː.triks]
  1. a child's nurse; wet nurse; milk mother

    declension-3
  2. (anything that provides nutriment and support)

    declension-3
  3. (that which rears, originates, promotes or fosters)

    declension-3 · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Italic *(s)noutrī, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neu-tr-ih₂-. Can potentially be reanalyzed as nūtriō, nūtrītum (“to suckle”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix), with haplology of -trītrī- to -trī-.

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