Where does “serpent” come from?
serpent (Old French) comes from Latin serpēns, from Latin serpō, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.
serpent (Old French): snake
Ancestry of “serpent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | serpēns | — |
| 2 | Latin | serpō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | serp- | to creep, crawl |
Words derived from “serpent”