Where does “serpenta” come from?

serpenta (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto serpento, from French serpent, from Middle French serpent, from Old French serpent, from Latin serpēns, from Latin serpō, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

serpenta (Esperanto): ophidic; pertaining to snakes or serpents

Definitions

  1. ophidic; pertaining to snakes or serpents

Ancestry of “serpenta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoserpentoserpent, snake
2Frenchserpentsnake
3Middle Frenchserpentsnake
4Old Frenchserpentsnake
5LatinserpēnsA serpent, snake
6Latinserpōto creep, crawl, move slowly of an animal
7Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →Every word from Latin serpō →Every word from Latin serpēns →