English
Trifluvian
Trifluvian comes from French trifluvien ‘of Trois-Rivières’, from fleuve ‘a river that flows into an ocean or sea’, and ultimately from Latin fluō ‘flow’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluō‘flow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluvius‘stream’root of fluō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400flueve
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600fleuve
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘a river that flows into an ocean or sea’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presenttrifluvien‘of Trois-Rivières’
- EnglishtodayTrifluvian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluō‘flow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluvius‘stream’root of fluō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400flueve
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600fleuve
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘a river that flows into an ocean or sea’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presenttrifluvien‘of Trois-Rivières’
- EnglishtodayTrifluvian
The story
This is a latinate rendering of Three Rivers/Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- ‘to swell, blow’
blow, blast, inflation, flavor, bliss, bladder, feeble, inflate, flatulence, blithely, blare, blather, conflate, blasé, bleat, soufflé, 44 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti
through Latin fluō ‘flow’
influence, fluid, influx, fluent, flux, confluence, fluctuate, fluency, fluctuation, affluence, flume, fluorine, fluorite, fluor, 26 more
through Latin fluvius ‘stream’
Today it means
noun A resident of Three Rivers (Trois-Rivières) or its surrounding county.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fluō / Trifluvian