Where does “riviera” come from?

riviera (Italian) comes from Old French riviere, from Latin rīpāria, from Latin rīpārius, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Italic reipā, from Proto-Indo-European h₁réyp-eh₂.

riviera (Italian): coast

Definitions

  1. coast

Ancestry of “riviera”, step by step

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

Words derived from “riviera”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁réyp-eh₂ →