Where does “serpette” come from?

serpette (English) comes from French serpette, from French serpe, from Old French serpe, from Vulgar Latin sarpa, from Latin sarpo, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

serpette (English): A pruning knife with a curved blade

Definitions

  1. A pruning knife with a curved blade

Ancestry of “serpette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchserpettebillhook
2Frenchserpebillhook, pruning hook, sickle
3Old Frenchserpeserpent, snake
4Vulgar Latinsarpa—
5LatinsarpoI prune
6Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →Every word from Latin sarpo →Every word from Vulgar Latin sarpa →