Where does “serpan” come from?

serpan (Mauritian Creole) comes from French serpent, from Middle French serpent, from Old French serpent, from Latin serpēns, from Latin serpō, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

serpan (Mauritian Creole): snake

Definitions

  1. snake

Ancestry of “serpan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchserpentsnake
2Middle Frenchserpentsnake
3Old Frenchserpentsnake
4LatinserpēnsA serpent, snake
5Latinserpōto creep, crawl, move slowly of an animal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →Every word from Latin serpō →Every word from Latin serpēns →