Etymograph

English

rivage

Rivage comes from Anglo-Norman rivage, from Late Latin rīpāticum ‘mooring fees’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- ‘to tear, tear down’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁reyp-‘to tear, tear down’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁réyp-eh₂‘steep slope’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*reipā‘river bank’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErīpa‘riverbank’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CErīpāticum‘mooring fees’
  6. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400rivage
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1485same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁reyp-‘to tear, tear down’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁réyp-eh₂‘steep slope’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*reipā‘river bank’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErīpa‘riverbank’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CErīpāticum‘mooring fees’
  6. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400rivage
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1485same form

Earliest quotation: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, xxj: “Ryght soo departed Galahad / Percyual / and Bors…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- ‘to tear, tear down’

rope, reap, taser, rife, rive, 3 more

through Latin rīpa ‘riverbank’

river, arrive, ripe, riviera, riparian, 1 more

Today it means

noun A coast, a shore.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- / rivage

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