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-1‘to tear, tear down’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁réyp-eh₂1‘steep slope’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*reipā1‘river bank’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErīpa2‘riverbank’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CErīpāticum3‘mooring fees’
  6. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400rivage3
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1485rivage3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin ripa
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin ripaticum
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English rivage
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, xxj: “Ryght soo departed Galahad / Percyual / and Bors…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁reyp-Wiktionary, Latin ripa‘to tear, tear down’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁réyp-eh₂Wiktionary, Latin ripa‘steep slope’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*reipāWiktionary, Latin ripa‘river bank’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErīpaWiktionary, Latin ripaticum‘riverbank’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CErīpāticumWiktionary, English rivage‘mooring fees’
  6. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400rivageWiktionary, English rivage
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1485rivageWiktionary, English rivage. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 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.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rivage”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin ripa, Latin ripaticum. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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

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