Where does “serpe” come from?

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

serpe (French): billhook, pruning hook, sickle

Definitions

  1. billhook, pruning hook, sickle

Ancestry of “serpe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchserpeserpent, snake
2Vulgar Latinsarpa—
3LatinsarpoI prune
4Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl

Words derived from “serpe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →Every word from Latin sarpo →Every word from Vulgar Latin sarpa →