1. Terminological history and definition
The word “nursery,” attested from the 14th century and derived directly from “nursing” [13], was a room for women to retire to as much as it was one for housing children (Childhood). The German Kinderstube or Kinderkammer (“children’s room/chamber”) began to occur from the late 16th century before becoming commonplace in the 18th [8. 589–593]; [5. 13]; [3]. Zedler’s Universal-Lexikon (1742) refers to th…