Where does “serpe” come from?

serpe (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin sarpa, from Latin sarpo, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

serpe (Old French): serpent, snake

Definitions

  1. serpent, snake

Ancestry of “serpe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinsarpa—
2LatinsarpoI prune
3Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl

Words derived from “serpe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →Every word from Latin sarpo →Every word from Vulgar Latin sarpa →