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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsarpoI prune
2Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl

Words derived from “sarpa”

  • serpette
  • serpe
  • serpe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →