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Where does “afforestable” come from?

afforestable (English) comes from English afforest, from Medieval Latin afforesto, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

afforestable (English): Suitable for being afforested

Definitions

  1. Suitable for being afforested

Ancestry of “afforestable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishafforestTo make into forest
2Medieval Latinafforesto—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →