Where does “serp” come from?

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

Ancestry of “serp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinserpe(s)—
2LatinserpēnsA serpent, snake
3Latinserpōto creep, crawl, move slowly of an animal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl

Words derived from “serp”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →Every word from Latin serpō →Every word from Latin serpēns →