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Where does “sarmentum” come from?

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

sarmentum (Latin): shoot; twigs, brushwood

Definitions

  1. shoot; twigs, brushwood

Ancestry of “sarmentum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Latin*sarpmentom—
2LatinsarpoI prune
3Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl

Words derived from “sarmentum”

  • sarment
  • sarmentum
  • sarmentaceous
  • Sarmiento
  • sarmiento
  • sarment
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →