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Where does “rēpō” come from?

rēpō (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₁reh₁p- — to creep.

Ancestry of “rēpō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reh₁p-to creep

Words derived from “rēpō”

  • reptile
  • surreptitiously
  • surreptitious
  • reptilian
  • surreptitiousness
  • obreption
  • reptilelike
  • reptilase
  • reptiloid
  • reptant
  • nonreptilian
  • irreptitious
  • reptilehood
  • reptilianness
  • rep-tile
  • nonreptile
  • reptilianly
  • reptiledom
  • reptilic
  • irrepo
  • subrepticius
  • correpens
  • repente
  • repas
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