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zuster
(Anglès)
- (dated, feminine, formal) sister (female sibling)
- (feminine) sister (fictive female kin member)
- (feminine) sister (nun)
- (feminine) nurse (woman who provides care for the ill)
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈzʏstər/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
From Middle Dutch suster, from Old Dutch swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. The sense “nurse” from the fact that (before the Reformation and in Catholic areas until recently) the majority of nurses were nuns; already in Middle Dutch generalized to lay nurses.
Related words
ziekenverpleegster
broeder or zus
liefdezuster
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