Where does “serpetó” come from?

serpetó (Catalan) comes from Catalan serpeta, from Catalan serp, from Old Occitan serp, from Vulgar Latin serpe(s), from Latin serpēns, from Latin serpō, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

serpetó (Catalan): spotted pipefish (Nerophis maculatus)

Definitions

  1. spotted pipefish (Nerophis maculatus)

Ancestry of “serpetó”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanserpetasnake, rat treacherous person
2Catalanserpsnake
3Old Occitanserp—
4Vulgar Latinserpe(s)—
5LatinserpēnsA serpent, snake
6Latinserpōto creep, crawl, move slowly of an animal
7Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →Every word from Latin serpō →Every word from Latin serpēns →