norrice
Middle English edit
Noun edit
norrice
- Alternative form of norice
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin nūtrīcia, substantivization of the feminine of Latin nūtrīcius, an adjective based on nūtrīx (“nurse”).
Noun edit
norrice oblique singular, f (oblique plural norrices, nominative singular norrice, nominative plural norrices)
- a wet nurse
- c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la complainte Rutebuef de son oeul:
- Or wet de l’argent ma norrice
- Now my wet nurse wants some money
Descendants edit
- French: nourrice
- Norman: nouôrriche
- → Middle English: norice, noris, norische, norrice, norse, norys, noryse, norysshe, nurishe, nurse
- → Sicilian: nurrizza
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nŭtrīcia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 7: N–Pas, page 248