Where does “serpula” come from?

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

serpula (English): Any of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of...

Definitions

  1. Any of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of...

Ancestry of “serpula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinserpulaa little snake, a little serpent
2Latinserpōto creep, crawl, move slowly of an animal
3Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl

Words derived from “serpula”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →Every word from Latin serpō →Every word from Latin serpula →
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