Where does “serpillo” come from?
serpillo (Italian) comes from Latin serpyllum, from Ancient Greek ἕρπυλλος, from Ancient Greek ἕρπω, from Proto-Indo-European *sérpeti.
serpillo (Italian): wild thyme
Ancestry of “serpillo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | serpyllum | wild thyme |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἕρπυλλος | wild thyme |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἕρπω | to move slowly, walk; crawl, creep, slink; I go... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *sérpeti | — |