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Where does “vipere” come from?

vipere (Middle French) comes from Old French vipre, from Latin vīpera.

Ancestry of “vipere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvipre—
2Latinvīpera—

Words derived from “vipere”

  • viper
  • viperous
  • viperish
  • viperfish
  • viperishly
  • viperishness
  • viperlike
  • viperously
  • viperoid
  • vipuro
Every word from Latin vīpera →