Where does “serpente” come from?

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

serpente (Portuguese): serpent

Definitions

  1. serpent

Ancestry of “serpente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseserpente—
2LatinserpēnsA serpent, snake
3Latinserpōto creep, crawl, move slowly of an animal
4Proto-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 →