English
riverbottom
From river + bottom.
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 *bʰudʰmḗn
Proto-Germanic *butmaz ‘bottom’
Proto-West Germanic *butm
Old English botm ‘bottom’
Middle English botme
English bottom
Today it means
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Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “riverbottom”. 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 / riverbottom