Where does “forest” come from?

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

Ancestry of “forest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchforestforest, royal hunting ground
2Latinforestisdative plural of foresta; ablative plural of...

Words derived from “forest

Every word from Latin forestisEvery word from Old French forest
forest — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer