nutritious
/nuːˈtɹɪʃəs/noo-TRIH-shuhs
/nuˈtɹɪʃəs/noo-TRIH-shuhs
Meaningnursing
Common meaning: good for the body as food
- nutritto suckle, nourish; a nurseLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1230 · scan
- iousadjective ending: full of, marked by
Journey through time
- Latinnutritius‘nourishing’source
- Englishnutritious‘good for the body as food’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin nūtriō; nūtrīx ‘to suckle, nourish’.
Roots
- nūtriō; nūtrīx Latin “to suckle, nourish; a nurse”
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