Where does “Sarmiento” come from?

Sarmiento (Spanish) comes from Spanish sarmiento, from Latin sarmentum, from Old Latin *sarpmentom, from Latin sarpo, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

Ancestry of “Sarmiento”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	sarmiento	vine shoot
2	Latin	sarmentum	shoot; twigs, brushwood
3	Old Latin	*sarpmentom	—
4	Latin	sarpo	I prune
5	Proto-Indo-European	serp-	to creep, crawl

Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →