Etymology

From Middle French forest, from Old French forest, forès ‎(“forest, royal hunting ground”), partly from Frankish *forhist ‎(“forest”), from Proto-Germanic *furhist- ‎(“forest, timber of firs”), from *furhō ‎(“pine, fir”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷu- ‎(“tree, oak, pine”), and partly from Medieval Latin foresta ‎(“royal hunting ground, banned lands”), from Latin forestis (silva) ‎(“outside (woods)”). Displaced native Old French selve ‎(“forest”), from Latin silva ‎(“forest, wood”). Cognate with Old High German forst ‎(“forest”), Old English fyrhþ ‎(“woodland, game preserve”). More at forest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ.ʁɛ/