English
allonurse
From allo- + nurse.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘beyond, other’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos ‘other, another’
Proto-Hellenic *áľľos
Ancient Greek ἄλλος ‘other’
English allo-
Latin nūtriō ‘to suckle’
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Latin nūtrīcius ‘that which nourishes’
Late Latin nūtrīcia
Old French norrice ‘wet nurse’
Middle English norice ‘wet nurse’
English nurse
Today it means
verb To suckle the offspring of other females
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / allonurse