Where does “Sarmento” come from?
Sarmento (English) comes from Portuguese sarmento, from Latin sarmentum, from Old Latin *sarpmentom, from Latin sarpo, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.
Ancestry of “Sarmento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | sarmento | a woody shoot of a vine etc., used as firewood |
| 2 | Latin | sarmentum | shoot; twigs, brushwood |
| 3 | Old Latin | *sarpmentom | — |
| 4 | Latin | sarpo | I prune |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | serp- | to creep, crawl |