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Where does “Trois-Rivières” come from?

Trois-Rivières (English) comes from French Trois-Rivières, from French rivière, from Middle French riviere, from Old French riviere, from Latin rīpāria, from Latin rīpārius, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Italic reipā.

Ancestry of “Trois-Rivières”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchTrois-RivièresThree Rivers
2Frenchrivièrea river
3Middle Frenchriviereriver
4Old Frenchriviereriver
5Latinrīpāria—
6Latinrīpārius—
7Latinrīpa—
8Proto-Italicreipā—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁réyp-eh₂—
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