'Nourish' traces to PIE *sneh2- (to flow, of milk) — the same root behind 'nurse,' 'nurture,' and 'nutrition.'
To provide with the food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition; to cherish or foster.
From Old French 'noriss-' (extended stem of 'norir,' to feed, to nourish, to rear), from Latin 'nūtrīre' (to feed, to suckle, to foster), from the PIE root *(s)neh₂- (to flow, especially of milk or other nourishing liquid). The semantic core of the root links nourishment directly to the flow of breast milk — the most primal form of feeding. Latin 'nūtrīre' produced an enormous family: 'nutrix' (wet
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