English
afforest
Afforest comes from Medieval Latin afforēstō.
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500afforēstō
- Englishearliest quotation 1901afforest
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500afforēstō
- Englishearliest quotation 1901afforest
Earliest quotation: 1901, G. H. Davies, Rain-making: “It is probably impossible to afforest quickly any real…”
A compound of ad ‘towards’ + forēsta ‘forest’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd ‘near, at’
Proto-Italic *ad ‘toward, to, on, up to, for’
Latin ad ‘towards’
Proto-West Germanic *furhisti ‘forest’
Latin forestis ‘forest’
first attested First attested in the 16th century (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in the 16th century.
Every English word from Medieval Latin afforēstō
Today it means
verb To make into forest
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Medieval Latin afforēstō / afforest