Where does “forest” come from?
forest (Middle French) comes from Old French forest, from Latin forestis — dative plural of foresta; ablative plural of...
forest (Middle French): forest
Ancestry of “forest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | forest | forest, royal hunting ground |
| 2 | Latin | forestis | dative plural of foresta; ablative plural of... |
Words derived from “forest”