Where does “serpentária” come from?

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

serpentária (Portuguese): serpentine plant believed to cure snakebites

Definitions

  1. serpentine plant believed to cure snakebites

Ancestry of “serpentária”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinserpentāriasnakeweed
2LatinserpēnsA serpent, snake
3Latinserpōto creep, crawl, move slowly of an animal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →Every word from Latin serpō →Every word from Latin serpēns →