nutriz

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Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

This form was probably borrowed from Latin nūtrīcem.

Pronunciation

Noun

nutriz f (plural nutrices)

  1. nurse
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 47r:
      murio alli ebora la nutriz de rebeca. ealli fue soterrada.
      There died Deborah, Rebecca's nurse, and she was buried there.

Descendants

  • Spanish: nodriza