Where does “riviere” come from?

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

riviere (Middle Dutch): river; riverside used for hunting birds

Definitions

  1. river; riverside used for hunting birds

Ancestry of “riviere”, 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 “riviere”

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