Where does “serpente” come from?

serpente (French) comes from French serpenter, 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.

serpente (French): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “serpente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchserpenterto snake, wind
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 →