Inver-

English

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.

Prefix

Inver-

1. mouth of a river; confluence

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with Inver-

Invercargill

Inverclyde

Inveresk

Invergarry

Inverlochy

Invernaver

Inverness

Invershin

Inverythan

• Inveraray
• Invergordon
• Inverkeithing
• Inverloch

See also

• Loch Inver

References

• “inver”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• niver, Viner, Niver, Irven, Ervin, Rivne, viner, riven