nutritious

B1 Topic:The Human Body

US /nuːˈtɹɪʃəs/ UK /njuːˈtɹɪʃəs/ See IPA manual

adj Freq #20352

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adj
Full of the substances that the body needs to stay healthy.

A bowl of oatmeal makes a nutritious breakfast.

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1 adj · full of the substances that... nourishing nutritive alimental

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Forms innutritious

Derived forms antinutritiousinnutritiousnonnutritiousnutritiouslynutritiousnesssupernutritiousundernutritiousunnutritious

Related forms nutrient nutritionnutritional

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nūtrītius, from nūtrītus, from nūtrīre.

*(s)neh₂- Proto-Indo-European nūtrītius Latin

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The Human Body

# nutritious

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** nuːˈtɹɪʃəs
**IPA (UK):** njuːˈtɹɪʃəs
**Frequency rank:** 20352

## Meanings
1. Full of the substances that the body needs to stay healthy.

## Examples
- A bowl of oatmeal makes a nutritious breakfast.

## Derived Forms
- antinutritious
- innutritious
- nonnutritious
- nutritiously
- nutritiousness
- supernutritious
- undernutritious
- unnutritious

## Related Forms
- nutrient
- nutrition
- nutritional

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *(s)neh₂-
- Root: nūtrītius

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin nūtrītius, from nūtrītus, from nūtrīre.

## AI Etymology
Nutritious is a learned borrowing from Latin nūtrītius, from nūtrītus, from nūtrīre. The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- and Latin nūtrītius. Modern senses include full of the substances that the body needs to stay healthy. The wider word family includes derivatives such as antinutritious, innutritious, nonnutritious, nutritiously, nutritiousness, and supernutritious and related forms such as nutrient, nutrition, and nutritional.

## Topics
- The Human Body

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