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Where does “vipuro” come from?

vipuro (Esperanto) comes from English viper, from Middle French vipere, from Old French vipre, from Latin vīpera.

vipuro (Esperanto): viper

Definitions

  1. viper

Ancestry of “vipuro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishviperA venomous snake in the family "Viperidae"; A...
2Middle Frenchvipere—
3Old Frenchvipre—
4Latinvīpera—
Every word from Latin vīpera →