Where does “ribeira” come from?

ribeira (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese ribeira, from Latin rīpāria, from Latin rīpārius, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Italic reipā, from Proto-Indo-European h₁réyp-eh₂.

ribeira (Portuguese): bank; watering, irrigation; stream, rivulet

Definitions

  1. bank; watering, irrigation; stream, rivulet

Ancestry of “ribeira”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ribeira”

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