Where does “Forestier” come from?
Forestier comes from French forestier, from Old French forestier, a derivative formed with the Old French suffix -ier (from Latin -arius) denoting an agent or occupational role related to forests, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root dʰwer- meaning door or threshold.
Forestier (English): Abbreviation of Forestier's disease
Definitions
- Abbreviation of Forestier's disease
Ancestry of “Forestier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Forestier | forested |
| 2 | Old French | forestier | forester |
| 3 | Old French | ier | yesterday |
| 4 | Latin | herī | yesterday |
| 5 | Latin | here | yesterday; second-person singular present active... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | hezī | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyési | yesterday |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |