Where does “Serpentes” come from?

Serpentes (Translingual) comes from Latin serpēns, from Latin serpō, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

Serpentes (Translingual): Snakes

Definitions

  1. Snakes

Ancestry of “Serpentes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinserpēnsA serpent, snake
2Latinserpōto creep, crawl, move slowly of an animal
3Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp-Every word from Latin serpōEvery word from Latin serpēns