Where does “serpedo” come from?

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

serpedo (Latin): erysipelas

Definitions

  1. erysipelas

Ancestry of “serpedo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinserpōto creep, crawl, move slowly of an animal
2Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →Every word from Latin serpō →
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