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Where does “serpentaria” come from?

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

serpentaria (English): The fibrous aromatic root of the Virginia...

Definitions

  1. The fibrous aromatic root of the Virginia...

Ancestry of “serpentaria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinserpentāria—
2Latinserpēns—
3Latinserpō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →