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forestis

Esperanto edit

Verb edit

forestis

  1. past of foresti

Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

Uncertain. Securely attested from AD 648.[1]

proposed etymologies
  • 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".[2]
  • From a Frankish *forhist, a derivative from *forha (“pine”).[3] Compare Proto-West Germanic *furhiþi (“forest”).

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

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. (by extension) a forest in general
Declension edit

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative forestis forestēs
Genitive forestis forestium
Dative forestī forestibus
Accusative forestem forestēs
forestīs
Ablative foreste forestibus
Vocative forestis forestēs

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Old Catalan: forest
  • Franco-Provençal: forêt
  • Old French: forest (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitan: forèst

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

References edit

  • 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 (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 709
  2. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “forestis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 709
  3. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “floresta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 919

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

forestīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of foresta
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