Etymology

silvopasture

silv·o·pas·ture
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Today it means: A forested or wooded area where domesticated animals are allowed to graze. Full definition →

English pasture ← Middle English pasture ← Anglo-Norman pastour
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sel-der.?
  2. Latinsilva
  3. Englishsilvo-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂sti
  6. Proto-Italic*pāskōr
  7. Latinpāscor
  8. Latinpastūra
  9. Anglo-Normanpastour
  10. Middle Englishpasture
  11. Englishpasture
  12. English todaysilvopasture

From silvo- (prefix meaning ‘forest; wood’) + pasture (noun).

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