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Where does “sarmentosus” come from?

sarmentosus (Latin) comes from Latin sarmentum, from Old Latin *sarpmentom, from Latin sarpo, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

Ancestry of “sarmentosus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsarmentumshoot; twigs, brushwood
2Old Latin*sarpmentom—
3LatinsarpoI prune
4Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl

Words derived from “sarmentosus”

  • sarmentoso
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