foresta

Original sense of an open plot of land over which hunting rights are reserved is first found in Carolingian texts, possibly derived from forīs (“outside, outdoors”).^[1] Alternatively a borrowing from Frankish *forhist, collective noun of *forha, from Proto-Germanic *furhō, *furahō (“fir, pine”), from Proto-Indo-European *pérk-u-s ~ *pr̥kʷ-éw-s (“oak”), and related to quercus (“oak”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /foˈres.ta/, [fɔˈrɛs.ta]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /foˈres.ta/

Noun

foresta f (genitive forestae); first declension^[2]

(Medieval Latin) wood, forest
Homines qui manent extra forestam non veniant decetero coram justiciariis nostris

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	foresta	forestae
genitive	forestae	forestārum
dative	forestae	forestīs
accusative	forestam	forestās
ablative	forestā	forestīs
vocative	foresta	forestae

Derived terms

Terms derived from foresta

afforestō
dēforestō
forestālis

forestārius
forestātiō
foresticolus

forestō
reforestātiō
reforestō

Descendants

Franco-Provençal:
- Old Dauphinois: fourest
  - Middle Dauphinois: [Term?] (/furɛː/)
    - Dauphinois: [Term?] (/forɛ/)
- Neuchâtelois: forêt
- Savoyard: jhör, [Term?] (/forɛ/)
Old French: forest, foreste
- Franc-Comtois: fouré (Poisoux)
- Middle French: forest
  - French: forêt
- Gallo: forée (Nantais), forést
- Lorrain: [Term?] (/forɛ/) (St-Maurice-sur-Moselle)
- Norman: forêt (Cotentinais, Jersiais), foiret (Brayon), fouorêt (Guernesiais)
- Picard: foreû (Athois)
- Poitevin-Saintongeais: fouras (Châtellerault), fourêt (Saintongeais)
- → Middle English: forest
  - English: forest
- → Middle Irish: foraís
  - Irish: foraois
Iberian:
- Aragonese: foresta, floresta
- Asturian: floresta, foresta
- Old Portuguese: foresta, furesta
  - Galician: floresta
  - Portuguese: floresta
- Old Spanish: foresta, furesta
  - Spanish: foresta, floresta
Italian: foresta
Old Occitan: forest, foresta
- Catalan: forest, floresta
- Occitan:
  - Auvergnat: [Term?] (/fure/) (Puy de Dôme), foureî (Velay)
  - Gascon: [Term?] (/hawrest/) (Bagnères), [Term?] (/ahurɛs/) (Bagnères-de-Bigorre), hourèst (Béarnais), ahourech (Gers), [script needed] (ahurɛs) (Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne), fourès (Vallée d’Aspe)
  - Languedocien: fourèst (Toulousain), [script needed] (furɛst) (Ariègeois, Aveyron, Tarnais), forèst, [Term?] (/furɛs/)
  - Limousin: [Term?] (/fure/) (Périgourdin)
  - Provençal: foures (Aix), [Term?] (/furɛs/)
  - Vivaro-Alpin: forest
Sardinian: foresta
- → Maltese: foresta

References

↑ 1882 (Brachet, Auguste) An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language: Crowned by the French Academy (in French), Clarendon Press, page 169
↑ foresta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian foresta.

Noun

foresta f (plural foresti)

forest
Madwar nofs l-ispeċijiet dinjija tal-pjanti u l-amminali jinsabu fil-foresti tropikali.
Around half of all species of the world's fauna and flora live in tropical forests.

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin foresta.

Noun

foresta f (plural forestas)

forest (dense collection of trees)

Synonyms

Venetian

Adjective

foresta

feminine singular of foresto

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[1] 1882 (Brachet, Auguste) An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language: Crowned by the French Academy (in French), Clarendon Press, page 169

[2] resta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)