Where does “serpe(s)” come from?
serpe(s) (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin serpēns, from Latin serpō, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.
Ancestry of “serpe(s)”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | serpēns | — |
| 2 | Latin | serpō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | serp- | to creep, crawl |
Words derived from “serpe(s)”