English

agroforest

From agro- + forest.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‘field, pasturage’

Proto-Italic *agros ‘field’

Latin ager ‘field’

English agro-

Early Medieval Latin forestis

Old French forest ‘royal hunting ground’

Middle English forest ‘a forest or wood’

Today it means

noun A forest used for agroforestry (combination of forest and agriculture).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / agroforest