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Where does “disboscation” come from?

disboscation (English) comes from French bosquet, from Italian boschetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos.

disboscation (English): Deforestation for the purpose of creating cleared...

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  1. Deforestation for the purpose of creating cleared...

Ancestry of “disboscation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbosqueta clump of trees; a grove
2Italianboschettocopse, grove; shrubbery
3Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
4English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
5Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
6Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
7Latin-ātus—
8Proto-Italic-ātos—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
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