Word Origin Summary

Riviera Maya is attested in Spanish. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. rīpāriusLatinderived from
2. *rīpāriaVulgar Latinderived from
3. rivieraItalianderived from
4. *h₁reyp-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from
5. riviereFrenchborrowed from

Descendants and Related Terms

• Riviera Maya

  English · borrowed from

• Riviera Maya

  French · borrowed from

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