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Where does “sarpa” come from?
sarpa (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin sarpo, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.
Ancestry of “sarpa”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
sarpo
I prune
2
Proto-Indo-European
serp-
to creep, crawl
Words derived from “sarpa”
sèrpe
serpe
serpe
cerf-volant
serpette
cervolisme
cervoliste
serpette
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