# afforestation

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #83,953

## Definitions
1. The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested.

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin afforestātiō, from afforestāt-, past participial stem of afforestō (“to convert into a forest”) (from Latin ad- + Late Latin forestis (“forest”) + -ō (suffix forming verbs)), + Latin -iō (suffix forming action nouns). By surface analysis, afforest + -ation.

## Source
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