Where does “reptile” come from?

reptile (Middle French) comes from Old French reptile, from Late Latin reptile, from Latin reptilis, from Latin rēpō, from Proto-Italic rēpō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁reh₁p- — to creep.

Ancestry of “reptile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchreptile
2Late Latinreptileneuter nominative singular of rēptilis; neuter...
3Latinreptiliscreeping, crawling
4Latinrēpōto creep, crawl
5Proto-Italicrēpō
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reh₁p-to creep

Words derived from “reptile

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