fouorêt

Norman

Alternative forms

  • forêt (Jersey, continental Normandy)

Etymology

From Old French forest, forès (“forest, royal hunting ground”), from Medieval Latin foresta (“royal hunting ground, banned lands”), from Frankish *forhist (collective noun of *forha), from Proto-Germanic *furhō, *furahō (“fir, pine”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkos (“oak”).

Noun

fouorêt f (plural fouorêts)

  1. (Guernsey) forest
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