Where does “agroforestry” come from?

Agroforestry derives from English forestry, which comes from Old French foresterie, itself from Old French forest, Medieval Latin forestis, Latin foris meaning outside or outdoors, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European dʰwer- meaning door or threshold.

agroforestry (English): An agricultural approach of using the interactive...

Definitions

  1. An agricultural approach of using the interactive...

Ancestry of “agroforestry”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishagro-agriculture
2Latinagerfield, farm; land, estate, park; territory
3Proto-Italicagrosfield
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵrosfield, pasturage

Words derived from “agroforestry”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵros →Every word from Proto-Italic agros →Every word from Latin ager →
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