Where does “cobra” come from?

cobra (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese coobra, from Vulgar Latin colobra, from Latin colubra, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

cobra (Portuguese): snake

Definitions

  1. snake

Ancestry of “cobra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecoobrasnake
2Vulgar Latincolobra—
3Latincolubraa female snake, serpent; snake, serpent
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “cobra”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin colubra →