Where does “serpentària” come from?

serpentària (Catalan) comes from Latin serpentāria, from Latin serpēns, from Latin serpō, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

serpentària (Catalan): dragonwort

Definitions

  1. dragonwort

Ancestry of “serpentària”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinserpentāriasnakeweed
2LatinserpēnsA serpent, snake
3Latinserpōto creep, crawl, move slowly of an animal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp-Every word from Latin serpōEvery word from Latin serpēns