Where does “sarmento” come from?

sarmento (Portuguese) comes from Latin sarmentum, from Old Latin *sarpmentom, from Latin sarpo, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

sarmento (Portuguese): a woody shoot of a vine etc., used as firewood

Definitions

  1. a woody shoot of a vine etc., used as firewood

Ancestry of “sarmento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsarmentumshoot; twigs, brushwood
2Old Latin*sarpmentom—
3LatinsarpoI prune
4Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl

Words derived from “sarmento”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →Every word from Latin sarpo →Every word from Old Latin *sarpmentom →