Where does “rēpō” come from?

rēpō (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic rēpō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁reh₁p- — to creep.

rēpō (Latin): to creep, crawl

Definitions

  1. to creep, crawl

Ancestry of “rēpō”, step by step

rēpō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic rēpō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicrēpō
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reh₁p-to creep

via Proto-Indo-European rep-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanrep-to creep, slink; stake, beam

Words derived from “rēpō

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