English
nutritious
Nutritious comes from Latin nūtrītus ‘Breastfed’, from Proto-Indo-European *snew-tr-ih₂ ‘female nurser’, and ultimately from *(s)neh₂- ‘to swim’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)neh₂-‘to swim’root as named
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*snew-tr-ih₂‘female nurser’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*snoutrjōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnutriōas nūtrīre‘to suckle, breastfeed, nurse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnūtrītus‘Breastfed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnūtrītius
- Englishearliest quotation 1861nutritious
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)neh₂-‘to swim’root as named
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*snew-tr-ih₂‘female nurser’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*snoutrjōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnutriōas nūtrīre‘to suckle, breastfeed, nurse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnūtrītus‘Breastfed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnūtrītius
- Englishearliest quotation 1861nutritious
Earliest quotation: 1861, Isaac Taylor, The Spirit of the Hebrew Poetry: “A cumbrous, circuitous, and often a sophisticative mode of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- ‘to swim’
naval, insulin, navigation, navigate, nausea, navigator, insular, navigable, nao, nau, insula, astronautics, 23 more
through Latin nutriō ‘to suckle, breastfeed, nurse’
Today it means
adj Providing nutrients; healthy to eat or drink.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- / nutritious