Where does “serpette” come from?

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

serpette (French): billhook

Definitions

  1. billhook

Ancestry of “serpette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchserpebillhook, pruning hook, sickle
2Old Frenchserpeserpent, snake
3Vulgar Latinsarpa—
4LatinsarpoI prune
5Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl

Words derived from “serpette”

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