Where does “floresta” come from?

floresta (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese foresta, from Late Latin foresta — open wood.

floresta (Portuguese): forest

Definitions

  1. forest

Ancestry of “floresta”, step by step

floresta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese foresta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseforesta—
2Late Latinforestaopen wood

via Old Portuguese furesta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesefurestaforest

Words derived from “floresta”

Every word from Late Latin foresta →Every word from Old Portuguese foresta →