Addendum : to nourish is older than to nurture, and meant the right kind 
of nourishment!
On the same page as previous:
nourish
    c.1290, "to bring up, nurture" (a child, a feeling, etc.), from 
O.Fr. norriss-, stem of norrir (Fr. nourir), from L. nutrire "to feed, 
nurse, foster, support, preserve," from *nutri (older form of nutrix 
"nurse"), lit. "she who gives suck," from PIE base *(s)nu- "flow, let 
flow," hence "to suckle" (cf. Skt. snauti "she drips, gives milk," Gk. 
nao "I flow").
Suckle is another possibility that seems to be even older, but which 
unfortunately seems to be related to what comes out of one's nose, which 
shouldn't be milk.
Isn't it interesting how the meaning of nourish extends from giving food 
to preserving (life)?
And by the way, while I'm on a word-mission, please do not confuse 
"healthful" and "healthy". Foods are not healthy, unless you mean that 
they are free from blight of other diseases. They are healthful.
Back to translation, where my obsessions have complete dominion over my 
life.
Jo-Anne

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