Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disafforestation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-af-foresta-tion
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The change in the legal status of an area from forest to that of normal land, entailing the loss of forest laws.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Disafforestation and enclosure could thus be regarded as a national duty, a kindness in disguise to the idle poor, as well as of more immediate benefit to the rich encloser."

Etymology

From post-classical Latin disafforestātiō (13th cent.), from the participial stem of Latin disafforestō. By surface analysis, disafforest + -ation.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: disafforestātiō, disafforestō

Usage

Inflected Forms

disafforestations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

disafforestment

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization head station nation location

Questions

What does disafforestation mean?: The change in the legal status of an area from forest to that of normal land, entailing the loss of forest laws.
Where does disafforestation come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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