nursery的词源

英文词源

nursery (n.)

c. 1400, "breeding, nursing," from Old French norture, norreture "food, nourishment; education, training," from Late Latin nutritia "a nursing, suckling," from Latin nutrire "to nourish, suckle" (see nourish). Meaning "place or room for infants and young children and their nurse" is from c. 1300. As a type of school, 1580s. Horticultural sense is from 1560s. Nursery rhyme is from 1832.

中文词源

nursery：幼儿园，苗圃

来自nurse,护理，照料。引申词义幼儿园，苗圃。

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nursery：托儿所，育婴室

词根词缀： nurs(= -nutr- )哺育→照看 + -ery名词词尾