serpent
Dutch (Brabantic)
/sɛrˈpɛnt/
noun
Definitions
- (formal) snake
- (formal) serpent, serpentine dragon, large snake
- an unpleasant, spiteful or foulmouthed person, especially used of women
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch serpent derived from Old French serpent (snake, serpent) derived from Latin serpēns (snake, serpent, a snake) 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
- Serpens English
- Serpens Caput English
- Serpens Cauda English
- serpent English
- *serpentia Latin
- *serpes Latin
- sarpo Latin
- serpe Latin
- serpe(m) Latin
- serpe(s) Latin
- serpentaria Latin
- serpentem Latin
- serpentem, serpēns Latin
- serpentiformis Latin
- serpentigena Latin
- serpentinus Latin
- serpes Latin
- serpo Latin
- serpula Latin
- serpēns Latin
- serpēns, serpentem, serpens Latin
- serpens German
- serpente Italian
- ἅρπη Ancient Greek
- ἕρπω Ancient Greek
- *serp- Proto-Indo-European
- *serp-en-o-s Proto-Indo-European
- सर्प Sanskrit
- serpent Old French
- serpent Catalan, Valencian
- sarff Welsh
- serpent Middle Dutch
- serpent Middle French
- *sarpás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- serpent Romansh
- sarpint Friulian
- serpint Western Frisian
- *ḥarb- Proto-Semitic
- *ś(t)ripenī̆ Proto-Albanian
- sierpint Walloon