Where does “forestress” come from?
forestress (English) comes from English forester, from Old French forestier, from Old French ier, from Latin herī, from Latin here, from Proto-Italic hezī, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes- — day.
forestress (English): A female forester
Ancestry of “forestress”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | forester | A person who practices forestry; A person who... |
| 2 | Old French | forestier | forester |
| 3 | Old French | ier | yesterday |
| 4 | Latin | herī | — |
| 5 | Latin | here | yesterday; second-person singular present active... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | hezī | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyési | yesterday |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |