Etymology

disboscation

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Today it means: Deforestation for the purpose of creating cleared arable land for farming. Full definition →

French bosquet
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The story

  1. French · derived frombosquet“grove”
  2. English todaydisboscation

From dis- (“removal”) French bosquet (“grove”) + -ation.

Words from the same roots

Frenchbosquet all →

bosket

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