English
riverage
From river + -age.
Formed from river + -age
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
Today it means
noun A fee charged for transporting goods on a river.
Sources
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