Etymology

Rivett

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Today it means: A surname from Old French. Full definition →

Old French rivet
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromrivet“rivet, fastener”
  2. English todayRivett

Metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of rivets, from Old French rivet (“rivet, fastener”).

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchrivet all →

rivet

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.