English
riparian
Riparian comes from Latin rīpārius ‘relating to a riverbank’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- ‘to tear, tear down’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁reyp-‘to tear, tear down’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁réyp-eh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*reipā‘river bank’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErīpa‘bank (of a river)’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErīpārius‘relating to a riverbank’
- Englishearliest quotation 1966riparian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁reyp-‘to tear, tear down’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁réyp-eh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*reipā‘river bank’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErīpa‘bank (of a river)’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErīpārius‘relating to a riverbank’
- Englishearliest quotation 1966riparian
Earliest quotation: 1966, Thomas Pynchon, New York: “By the time she'd pulled into Bortz's subdivision, a…”
Formed from -an
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- ‘to tear, tear down’
rope, reap, taser, rife, rive, 4 more
through Latin rīpa ‘bank (of a river)’
through Latin rīpārius ‘relating to a riverbank’
Today it means
adj Of or relating to the bank of a river or stream.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- / riparian