Where does “afforestation” come from?

afforestation (English) comes from Medieval Latin afforestātiō, 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.

afforestation (English): The act or process of creating a new forest where...

Definitions

  1. The act or process of creating a new forest where...

Ancestry of “afforestation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinafforestātiō
2Medieval Latinafforesto
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “afforestation

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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