Where does “serpentoso” come from?

serpentoso (Italian) comes from Italian serpente, from Latin serpēns, from Latin serpō, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

serpentoso (Italian): snakelike

Definitions

  1. snakelike

Ancestry of “serpentoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianserpentesnake
2LatinserpēnsA serpent, snake
3Latinserpōto creep, crawl, move slowly of an animal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →Every word from Latin serpō →Every word from Latin serpēns →
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