English
Forest
Forest comes from Early Medieval Latin forestis/-a.
- Early Medieval Latinmodernforestis/-a
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400forest
- EnglishtodayForest
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Early Medieval Latinmodernforestis/-a
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400forest
- EnglishtodayForest
The story
Also an English and Scottish surname, variant of Forrest and related to the above.
Every English word from Early Medieval Latin forestis/-a
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Early Medieval Latin forestis/-a / Forest