Where does “Trois-Rivières” come from?

Trois-Rivières (French) comes from French rivière, from Middle French riviere, from Old French riviere, from Latin rīpāria, from Latin rīpārius, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Italic reipā, from Proto-Indo-European h₁réyp-eh₂.

Trois-Rivières (French): Three Rivers

Definitions

  1. Three Rivers

Ancestry of “Trois-Rivières”, step by step

Trois-Rivières traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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—

via French trois

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtroisthree
2Middle Frenchtroysthree
3Old Frenchtroisthree
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “Trois-Rivières”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁réyp-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic reipā →Every word from Latin rīpa →