Where does “sarmiento” come from?
sarmiento (Spanish) comes from Latin sarmentum, from Old Latin *sarpmentom, from Latin sarpo, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.
sarmiento (Spanish): vine shoot
Definitions
- vine shoot
Ancestry of “sarmiento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | sarmentum | shoot; twigs, brushwood |
| 2 | Old Latin | *sarpmentom | — |
| 3 | Latin | sarpo | I prune |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | serp- | to creep, crawl |