Where does “Sarmiento” come from?
Sarmiento (Cebuano) comes from Spanish sarmiento, from Latin sarmentum, from Old Latin *sarpmentom, from Latin sarpo, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.
Sarmiento (Cebuano): the 25th most common in the Philippines
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- the 25th most common in the Philippines
Ancestry of “Sarmiento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | sarmiento | vine shoot |
| 2 | Latin | sarmentum | shoot; twigs, brushwood |
| 3 | Old Latin | *sarpmentom | — |
| 4 | Latin | sarpo | I prune |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | serp- | to creep, crawl |