- nutrition
- nutrition: see nurse
- malnutrition (n.)
- 1843, from mal- + nutrition.
- nutrition (n.)
- early 15c., from Old French nutrition (14c.) and directly from Latin nutritionem (nominative nutritio) "a nourishing," noun of action from past participle stem of nutrire "to nourish, suckle" (see nourish).
- nutritionist (n.)
- 1926, from nutrition + -ist.
- nutritious (adj.)
- 1660s, from Latin nutricius "that which nourishes, nurses," from nutrix (genitive nutricis) "a nurse," from nutrire (see nourish). Related: Nutritiously.