Origin of term 'Nurse'

The word nurse is of late Middle English:Contraction of ealier nourice from old french,from late latin nutricia,feminine of latin nutricious '(person) that nourishes 'from nutrix,nutric-'nurse'which is by haplology from nutri-trix =she who 'nourishes",from nutrire=to 'nourish' and originally meant a wet nurse.