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
5Latinrīpārialittoral, riverbank
6Latinrīpāriusthat inhabits the banks of rivers; riparian
7Latinrīpabank (of a river)
8Proto-Italicreipāriver bank
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁réyp-eh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁réyp-eh₂Every word from Proto-Italic reipāEvery word from Latin rīpa