Sujet : Re: Cadaver < lat. cadere
De : naddy (at) *nospam* mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber)
Groupes : sci.langDate : 18. May 2025, 16:45:08
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On 2025-05-18, Stefan Ram <
ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
cadaver, papaver, river, ... But no! The English word "river"
comes from Middle English "rivere", from Anglo-Norman, from
Vulgar Latin *"rīpāria", from Latin, feminine of "rīpārius",
"of a bank", from "rīpa", "bank".
A few kilometers south from here, the town of Altrip derives its
name from Alta Ripa, 'high river bank', the designation of a Roman
fort founded in 369.
-- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de