Provided with food, nutrients, or emotional support needed to grow and be healthy.
From Old French 'norrir', from Latin 'nutrire' (to nourish, suckle). The same root gives us 'nurse,' 'nutrition,' and 'nutrient.'
The word 'nurse' and 'nourish' share a Latin root because nursing (feeding a baby) is the ultimate form of nourishment—it's one of humanity's oldest care rituals.
Metaphorically and literally, nourishment has been gendered as maternal/feminine duty ('nourish' as women's unpaid labor); men rarely described as 'nourishing' families.
Use freely but be aware it can subtly reinforce care as women's role. Explicitly credit men who nourish.
Recognize women's agricultural, cooking, and caregiving work that nourishes societies; also credit men in these roles to denormalize gendered assumptions.
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