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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Trois-Rivières | Three Rivers |
| 2 | French | rivière | a river |
| 3 | Middle French | riviere | river |
| 4 | Old French | riviere | river |
| 5 | Latin | rīpāria | littoral, riverbank |
| 6 | Latin | rīpārius | that inhabits the banks of rivers; riparian |
| 7 | Latin | rīpa | bank (of a river) |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | reipā | river bank |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁réyp-eh₂ | — |