Rivage
/ˈrɪvɪdʒ/noun
A shore or coastline, especially in poetic or archaic usage.
Did you know?Rivage entered English through medieval French, while its ancestor Latin ripa also produced words connected with rivers, arrival, and riverbanks.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
rīpa
“A riverbank, shore, or edge of water”
Late Latin
Latin
rīpāgium
“A shoreline or riverbank area”
Old French
Old French
rivage
“A shore, bank, or seacoast”
14th Century
Middle English
rivage
“A shore or seashore, borrowed from French”
Modern English
English
rivage
“A shore or coastline, now chiefly archaic or poetic”