Where does “riviera” come from?

riviera (Danish) comes from Italian riviera, from Old French riviere, from Latin rīpāria, from Latin rīpārius, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Italic reipā, from Proto-Indo-European h₁réyp-eh₂.

riviera (Danish): riviera

Definitions

  1. riviera

Ancestry of “riviera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianrivieracoast
2Old Frenchriviereriver
3Latinrīpārialittoral, riverbank
4Latinrīpāriusthat inhabits the banks of rivers; riparian
5Latinrīpabank (of a river)
6Proto-Italicreipāriver bank
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁réyp-eh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁réyp-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic reipā →Every word from Latin rīpa →