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Where does “sèrp” come from?

sèrp (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan serp, from Vulgar Latin serpe(s), from Latin serpēns, from Latin serpō, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

sèrp (Occitan): snake

Definitions

  1. snake

Ancestry of “sèrp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanserp—
2Vulgar Latinserpe(s)—
3Latinserpēns—
4Latinserpō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →