Where does “rettile” come from?

rettile (Italian) comes from Late Latin reptile, from Latin reptilis, from Latin rēpō, from Proto-Italic rēpō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁reh₁p- — to creep.

rettile (Italian): reptile

Definitions

  1. reptile

Ancestry of “rettile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinreptileneuter nominative singular of rēptilis; neuter...
2Latinreptiliscreeping, crawling
3Latinrēpōto creep, crawl
4Proto-Italicrēpō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reh₁p-to creep

Words derived from “rettile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁reh₁p- →Every word from Proto-Italic rēpō →Every word from Latin rēpō →