Where does “Reptilia” come from?

Reptilia (Translingual) comes from Catalan rèptil, from Latin reptilis, from Latin rēpō, from Proto-Italic rēpō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁reh₁p- — to creep.

Reptilia (Translingual): class

Definitions

  1. class

Ancestry of “Reptilia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanrèptilcreeping
2Latinreptiliscreeping, crawling
3Latinrēpōto creep, crawl
4Proto-Italicrēpō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reh₁p-to creep

Words derived from “Reptilia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁reh₁p- →Every word from Proto-Italic rēpō →Every word from Latin rēpō →