Where does “serpenter” come from?

serpenter (French) comes 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.

serpenter (French): to snake, wind

Definitions

  1. to snake, wind

Ancestry of “serpenter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchserpentsnake
2Middle Frenchserpentsnake
3Old Frenchserpentsnake
4LatinserpēnsA serpent, snake
5Latinserpōto creep, crawl, move slowly of an animal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl

Words derived from “serpenter”

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