nutricia

Latin

Etymology

From the feminine of nūtrīcius.

Noun

nūtrīcia f (genitive nūtrīciae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) nurse

Descendants

• Catalan: nodrissa
• Old French: norrice (see there for further descendants)
• Spanish: nodriza

Adjective

nūtrīcia

1. inflection of nūtrīcius:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

nūtrīciā

1. ablative feminine singular of nūtrīcius

References

• “nutricia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nŭtrīcia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 7: N–Pas, page 248

Spanish

Adjective

nutricia f

1. feminine singular of nutricio