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Where does “serpēns” come from?

serpēns (Latin) comes from Latin serpō, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

Ancestry of “serpēns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinserpō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →