Where does “serpillo” come from?

serpillo (Italian) comes from Latin serpyllum, from Ancient Greek ἕρπυλλος, from Ancient Greek ἕρπω, from Proto-Indo-European *sérpeti — to be creeping, to be crawling.

serpillo (Italian): wild thyme

Definitions

  1. wild thyme

Ancestry of “serpillo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinserpyllumwild thyme
2Ancient Greekἕρπυλλοςwild thyme
3Ancient Greekἕρπωto move slowly, walk; crawl, creep, slink; I go...
4Proto-Indo-European*sérpetito be creeping, to be crawling
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sérpeti →Every word from Ancient Greek ἕρπω →Every word from Ancient Greek ἕρπυλλος →