forest- root words — words with the forest- root

The root forest- comes from Latin foris, meaning outside, woods. 18 words in Dendril are built from it, including foreign, foreigner, foreigners, forest, forests, forested, foresting, forestry, deforestation, afforest, afforestation, afforested. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the forest- root

Explore words with forest- — words containing the forest- root and sharing its sense of "outside, woods". Examples include foreign, foreigner, foreigners, forest, forests, forested, foresting, forestry, deforestation, afforest, afforestation, afforested. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does forest- mean?

The forest- root means outside, woods, from Latin foris. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.