Where does “serp” come from?
serp (Romansch) comes from Vulgar Latin serpes, from Latin serpēns, from Latin serpō, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.
serp (Romansch): snake
Ancestry of “serp”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | serpes | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | serpēns | — |
| 3 | Latin | serpō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | serp- | to creep, crawl |