English word forest comes from Latin foras (Outside, outdoors (destination).), Proto-Indo-European *pérkus, Proto-Indo-European *perkʷu-, Late Latin foresta
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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foras | Latin (lat) | Outside, outdoors (destination). |
*pérkus | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
*perkʷu- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
foresta | Late Latin (LL) | |
Carolingian | Latin (lat) | |
*furahō | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
*furhiþą | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Forest, woodland. |
*furhist- | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
*forhist | Frankish (frk) | |
foresta | Malayalam (mal) | |
foresta | Latin (lat) | (Medieval Latin) wood, forest. |
forest | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | Forest, royal hunting ground. |
forest | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | |
forest | English (eng) | (transitive) To cover an area with trees. (computing, Microsoft Windows) A group of domains that are managed as a unit.. (graph theory) A graph with no cycles; i.e., a graph made up of trees.. (historical) A defined area of land set aside in England as royal hunting ground or for other privileged use; all such areas.. A dense collection of trees covering a relatively large area. Larger than [...] |