| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | (s)n u- |
| DEFINITION: | To swim, flow, let flow, whence suckle. Oldest form *sne 2u-; colored to *sna2u-, contracted to *(s)nu-. Extension of sn-. 1. Suffixed basic form *nw-yo-. naiad, from Greek Naias, fountain nymph, probably from nn, to flow. 2. Variant root form *(s)neu()-. neuston, from Greek nein, to swim. 3. Zero-grade form *(s)n - (< *snu-) in suffixed form *n-tr (with feminine agent suffix). nourish, nurse, nurture, nutrient, nutriment, nutrition, nutritious, nutritive, from Latin ntrx, nurse, and ntrre, to suckle, nourish. (In Pokorny sn- 971.) |
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