Where does “reptant” come from?

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

reptant (Latin): third-person plural present active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of...

Ancestry of “reptant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinreptoI crawl or creep
2LatinrepoI creep, crawl
3Proto-Italicrēpō
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reh₁p-to creep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁reh₁p-Every word from Proto-Italic rēpōEvery word from Latin repo