Where does “forester” come from?
Forester comes from Old French forestier, formed with the suffix -ier from Old French forest, itself from Latin forestis, derived from Latin -arius and ultimately Proto-Indo-European dʰwer-.
forester (English): A person who practices forestry; A person who...
Definitions
- A person who practices forestry; A person who...
Ancestry of “forester”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | forestier | forester |
| 2 | Old French | ier | yesterday |
| 3 | Latin | herī | — |
| 4 | Latin | here | yesterday; second-person singular present active... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | hezī | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyési | yesterday |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |
Words derived from “forester”