Where does “reptil” come from?

reptil (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin reptilis, from Latin rēpō, from Proto-Italic rēpō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁reh₁p- — to creep.

reptil (Norwegian Bokmål): a reptile

Definitions

  1. a reptile

Ancestry of “reptil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinreptiliscreeping, crawling
2Latinrēpōto creep, crawl
3Proto-Italicrēpō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reh₁p-to creep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁reh₁p- →Every word from Proto-Italic rēpō →Every word from Latin rēpō →