serpiente
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- snake, serpent legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes
- (specifically) a large or medium-sized snake
- (figuratively) snake
Etymology
Inherited from Latin serpēns, serpentem, serpens derived from Proto-Indo-European *serp- (creep, crawl, reap, harvest, sickle).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*serp-
Gloss
creep, crawl, reap, harvest, sickle
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
鎌
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sarpo Latin
- serpentem Latin
- serpentem, serpēns Latin
- serpo Latin
- serpēns Latin
- serpēns, serpentem, serpens Latin
- serpente Italian
- ἅρπη Ancient Greek
- ἕρπω Ancient Greek
- *serp- Proto-Indo-European
- *serp-en-o-s Proto-Indo-European
- सर्प Sanskrit
- *sarpás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- serpaint Romansh
- *ḥarb- Proto-Semitic
- *ś(t)ripenī̆ Proto-Albanian