English
Riverton
From river or River + -ton.
Formed from River + -ton
Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- ‘to scratch, tear’
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Latin rīpārius ‘of a riverbank’
Early Medieval Latin rīpāria ‘littoral, riverbank’
Anglo-Norman riviere
Middle English ryver ‘a river’
English River
Today it means
name A small town in South Australia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Riverton