English Explanatory Dictionary

Inver-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. mouth of a river; confluence

Pronunciation

/ˈɪn.və-/ /ˈɪn.vɚ-/

Word forms

Inver-

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic inbhir (“river mouth, confluence”), from Old Irish *in(d)ber, from Proto-Celtic *endo-ber-o (“carrying in”), from *endo (“in”), from Proto-Indo-European *en-do-, from *h₁én. Analogous to Welsh aber (“river mouth, confluence”), from Old Welsh oper, aper, from Proto-Brythonic.

Related words

Loch Inver

Derived words

Invergordon Inverkeithing Inverloch
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