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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—
2Latinrīpāria—
3Latinrīpārius—
4Latinrīpa—
5Proto-Italicreipā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁réyp-eh₂—

Words derived from “ribeira”

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