Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water. · A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.
From earlier riff, from Middle English rif, from Old Norse rif (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- (“arch, ceiling, cover”). Dutch rif (“reef”), Low German riff, reff (“reef”), German Riff (“reef, ledge”) are also borrowed from Old Norse. Doublet of rib.
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