Where does “Larivière” come from?

Larivière (French) comes from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll, from Hungarian a, from French à — accusative masculine plural of -us.

Ancestry of “Larivière”, step by step

Larivière traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French là

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlàthere; here, present
2Italianlàthere
3Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
4Portugueseláthere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
5GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
6Germana-MollA-minor
7Hungarianathe; this; that
8Frenchàto; on the, to; at
9Englishavieemulously
10Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
11Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
12Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
13Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
14Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us

via French rivière

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrivièrea river
2Middle Frenchriviereriver
3Old Frenchriviereriver
4Latinrīpārialittoral, riverbank
5Latinrīpāriusthat inhabits the banks of rivers; riparian
6Latinrīpabank (of a river)
7Proto-Italicreipāriver bank
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁réyp-eh₂—

Words derived from “Larivière”

Every word from Old Latin -os →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Latin invidus →