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Where does “sarment” come from?

sarment (English) comes from Latin sarmentum, from Old Latin *sarpmentom, from Latin sarpo, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

sarment (English): A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the...

Definitions

  1. A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the...

Ancestry of “sarment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsarmentumshoot; twigs, brushwood
2Old Latin*sarpmentom—
3LatinsarpoI prune
4Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl

Words derived from “sarment”

  • sarmentaceous
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