forest
Middle English
/ˈfɔrɛst/
noun
Definitions
- A forest or wood uninhabited forested region
- A preserve for hunting exclusive to royalty.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French forest.
Origin
Old French
forest
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- agriforest English
- agroforest English
- cryptoforest English
- deforest English
- disforest English
- enforest English
- forest English
- forestation English
- forested English
- forestful English
- forestial English
- forestification English
- forestine English
- forestish English
- forestkeeper English
- forestland English
- forestless English
- forestlike English
- forestness English
- forestocracy English
- forestology English
- forestscape English
- forestward English
- forestwide English
- foresty English
- giant forest genet English
- hyperforest English
- multiforest English
- nanoforest English
- nonforest English
- palaeoforest English
- paleoforest English
- pseudoforest English
- rainforest English
- reforest English
- spoligoforest English
- subforest English
- foresta, forestis Latin
- forestis Latin
- forestis (silva), forestis Latin
- forest Old French
- forestier Old French
- fforest Welsh
- forêt Norman
- fouorêt Norman
- forest Middle French
- forest Old Dutch