English
rivercourse
From river + course.
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
Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- ‘to run’
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Latin currō ‘run’
Latin cursus ‘course of a race’
Old French cours ‘route’
Middle English cours ‘a course or path’
English course
Today it means
noun The course of a river.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / rivercourse