Where does “forests” come from?

forests (English) comes from English forest, from Middle English forest, from Old French forest, from Latin forestis — dative plural of foresta; ablative plural of...

forests (English): plural of forest; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. plural of forest; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “forests”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishforestA dense uncultivated tract of trees and...
2Middle EnglishforestA forest or wood; A preserve for hunting...
3Old Frenchforestforest, royal hunting ground
4Latinforestisdative plural of foresta; ablative plural of...
Every word from Latin forestis →Every word from Old French forest →Every word from Middle English forest →