reptile
English
/ɹɪpˈtaɪl/, /ˈɹɛp.taɪl/
noun
Definitions
- A cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia.
- (figuratively) A mean or grovelling person.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English reptil derived from Old French reptile derived from Latin rēptile, rēpō (creep, crawl, I creep) derived from Proto-Indo-European *rep- (slink, creep).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*rep-
Gloss
slink, creep
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nonreptile English
- nonreptilian English
- reptilase English
- reptiledom English
- reptilehood English
- reptilelike English
- reptilian English
- reptilianly English
- reptilianness English
- reptilic English
- reptiliferous English
- reptiliform English
- reptilious English
- reptilivorous English
- reptiloid English
- arrepo Latin
- erepo Latin
- irrepo Latin
- obrepo Latin
- reptilis Latin
- rēptile Latin
- rēpēns Latin
- rēpō Latin
- subrepo Latin
- surrepo Latin
- reptile French
- *rep- Proto-Indo-European
- reptil Middle English
- reiptíl Irish
- reptile Old French
- برفروب Persian
- خاکروبه Persian
- رفتار Persian
- رفتن Persian
- مینروب Persian
- SGYTWN-tn' Middle Persian