norrice
Middle English
editNoun
editnorrice
- Alternative form of norice
Old French
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin nūtrīcia, substantivization of the feminine of Latin nūtrīcius, an adjective based on nūtrīx (“nurse”).
Noun
editnorrice 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