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

Definitions

  1. snake

Ancestry of “serp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinserpessecond-person singular future active indicative...
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 →