forestis

Esperanto

Verb

forestis

  1. past of foresti

Latin

Etymology 1

Likely from Proto-West Germanic *furhisti.

Alternative proposed etymology
  • Shortening of an expression like silva *forestis, the latter an unattested adjective derived from forās (“outside”) or forum (“court”) + -est(r)is (adjective ending). In the former case the etymological sense would perhaps be "forest outside of public use" and in the latter case "forest belonging to the court".[1]

Alternative forms

Noun

forestis f (genitive forestis); third declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. a large area reserved for the use of the King or nobility, often a forest and often for hunting or fishing
  2. a forest in general
Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative forestis forestēs
genitive forestis forestium
dative forestī forestibus
accusative forestem forestēs
forestīs
ablative foreste forestibus
vocative forestis forestēs
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Franco-Provençal: forêt
  • Occitan: forèst
  • Old Catalan: forest
  • Old French: forest (see there for further descendants)

Reflexes of the variant foresta: (possibly some or all via Old French)

References

  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “forestis”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 443
  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “forestis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 709

Etymology 2

Noun

forestīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of foresta
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