Where does “foresta” come from?

foresta (Maltese) comes from Italian foresta, from Medieval Latin foresta, from Latin foris, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwṓr, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwer- — door.

foresta (Maltese): forest

Definitions

  1. forest

Ancestry of “foresta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianforestaforest
2Medieval Latinforestaopen wood; wood, forest
3Latinforisdoor; gate; opening
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwṓrdoor
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwer-door
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwṓr →Every word from Latin foris →