Modern English Nursing = Middle English English Nurshen. They drank more beer back then...
1530s, "to suckle (an infant), nourish at the breast;" 1520s in the passive sense, "to bring up" (a child); alteration of Middle Englishnurshen, norishen "to supply with food and drink, feed; bring up, nurture" (c. 1300; see nourish), in part by influence of nurse (n.1). From 1540s as "promote growth or vigor in, encourage." Sense of "tend to in sickness or infirmity" is recorded by 1736. Related: Nursed; nursing.
@GeminiDiamond I gave you the English entomology of nursing, which is derived from Middle English nurshen. It means to supply with foods and drink, feed, bring up, nurture. When you nurse you supply nutrition. So yes, at a fundamental level it is about feeding with breasts. Why modern day nurses are stilled called that is because there use to be wet nurses that would breast feed orphans or children of nobility. They nursed the kids. Then that went out of fashion and today we have dry nurses which primary role is to nurture the sick, provide nutrition through IV bags rather than through their boobs, administer basic medications in the assistance of other medical staff, and so on.
It may have come from the fact that wealthy people hired nurses to feed their babies. However, most likely Americans were probably too uptight to say the word breast. On our television shows the term pregnant wasn't even used until the 1970s.
The word "nurse" originally came from the Latin word "nutrire", meaning to suckle, referring to a wet-nurse; only in the late 16th century did it attain its modern meaning of a person who cares for the infirm.
What is a breastfeeding woman called? 'nursing mother
Noun: Middle English norice, norce, nurse, from Anglo-French nurice, from Late Latin nutricia, from Latin, feminine of nutricius nourishing — more at NUTRITIOUS
Verb: Middle English nurshen to suckle, nourish, contraction of nurishen
It comes from Latin. Also because of the use of wet nurses by the wealthy and royals. Breastfeeding was seen as something for commoners, so they employed wet nurses to do the job for them.
I don't know. That's NOT what they teach in nursing school!! And, BOY was I disappointed when I found THAT out!! All that money I wasted on those classes just to find out I WASN'T gonna get to see any naked tits in class!!
@FunkyMonkee Somehow, Funky, I just don't see you as a nurse. I think you should consider drumming school for giants! Oh, oh... I have a question: How many good looking giant drummers could you fit into one little circus car? Honk honk!!
Because you nurse your child to health and give them access to their true power. It’s like when Elder Guru from Dragon Ball Z unleashes your real potential.
The word "nurse" originally came from the Latin word "nutrire", meaning to suckle, referring to a wet-nurse; only in the late 16th century did it attain its modern meaning of a person who cares for the infirm.
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You can call it human milk feeding instead.
Modern English Nursing = Middle English English Nurshen. They drank more beer back then...
1530s, "to suckle (an infant), nourish at the breast;" 1520s in the passive sense, "to bring up" (a child); alteration of Middle English nurshen, norishen "to supply with food and drink, feed; bring up, nurture" (c. 1300; see nourish), in part by influence of nurse (n.1). From 1540s as "promote growth or vigor in, encourage." Sense of "tend to in sickness or infirmity" is recorded by 1736. Related: Nursed; nursing.
In older days, any language, they weren't boobs, they were referred to as nursers or tits, like most female livestock. I mean, to get factual.
@GeminiDiamond I gave you the English entomology of nursing, which is derived from Middle English nurshen. It means to supply with foods and drink, feed, bring up, nurture. When you nurse you supply nutrition. So yes, at a fundamental level it is about feeding with breasts. Why modern day nurses are stilled called that is because there use to be wet nurses that would breast feed orphans or children of nobility. They nursed the kids. Then that went out of fashion and today we have dry nurses which primary role is to nurture the sick, provide nutrition through IV bags rather than through their boobs, administer basic medications in the assistance of other medical staff, and so on.
Thank you! Nice details
It may have come from the fact that wealthy people hired nurses to feed their babies. However, most likely Americans were probably too uptight to say the word breast. On our television shows the term pregnant wasn't even used until the 1970s.
The word "nurse" originally came from the Latin word "nutrire", meaning to suckle, referring to a wet-nurse; only in the late 16th century did it attain its modern meaning of a person who cares for the infirm.
What is a breastfeeding woman called?
'nursing mother
apparently the taboo of saying "breast"
-https://www.quora.com/Why-is-breastfeeding-called-nursing?force_dialog=1
Etymology
Noun: Middle English norice, norce, nurse, from Anglo-French nurice, from Late Latin nutricia, from Latin, feminine of nutricius nourishing — more at NUTRITIOUS
Verb: Middle English nurshen to suckle, nourish, contraction of nurishen
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nurse
It comes from Latin. Also because of the use of wet nurses by the wealthy and royals. Breastfeeding was seen as something for commoners, so they employed wet nurses to do the job for them.
Because the term nurse comes from the Latin word nutrire, which means to suckle.
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I don't know. That's NOT what they teach in nursing school!! And, BOY was I disappointed when I found THAT out!! All that money I wasted on those classes just to find out I WASN'T gonna get to see any naked tits in class!!
@FunkyMonkee Somehow, Funky, I just don't see you as a nurse. I think you should consider drumming school for giants! Oh, oh... I have a question: How many good looking giant drummers could you fit into one little circus car? Honk honk!!
@Caroline91 Yeah, and I went to all that trouble to grow these tits for NOTHING!!
Umm, about a dozen.
I always assumed it was because kind of like a nurse it brought the baby into good health
I've often wondered that myself !!!
One of those things I've pondered while breastfeeding my two daughters !!!
Nursing literally means to take care of someone who needs help. Everything you do for an infant is a form of nursing, actually.
Why is the study of weather called "meteorology"?
The Greek word “meteoron,” means “a thing high up” and referred to anything observed in the atmosphere, in other words, weather.
Because you nurse your child to health and give them access to their true power. It’s like when Elder Guru from Dragon Ball Z unleashes your real potential.
The word "nurse" originally came from the Latin word "nutrire", meaning to suckle, referring to a wet-nurse; only in the late 16th century did it attain its modern meaning of a person who cares for the infirm.
If I had to guess, it's just because some people might be more uncomfortable with the term "breastfeeding." Nursing is just a more tactful.
Because it sounds less sexual than breastfeeding and they want to give the act a clean term.
I am not surecthis is true but way back in the olden days rich people would hire "wet nurses" To breastfeed their kids..
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Not sure but if I'm the recipient it sure cures me! 🙂
The term is derived from the Latin word for "nourish."
Because that is what it is called when animals do it too…….