Where does “serpente” come from?

serpente (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin serpēns, from Latin serpō, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

Ancestry of “serpente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinserpēnsA serpent, snake
2Latinserpōto creep, crawl, move slowly of an animal
3Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl

Words derived from “serpente”

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