The story
- Latin · derived fromfluvius“river”
- French · derived fromtrifluvien
- English todayTrifluvian
From French trifluvien, equivalent to tri- + fluv- (from Latin fluvius (“river”)) + -ian. This is a latinate rendering of Three Rivers/Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Compare English fluvial.
Words from the same roots
Frenchtrifluvien all →
Latinfluvius all →
fluvio-fluvisol
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.