serpent
/ˈsɜːpənt/SUR-puhnt
/ˈsɝpənt/SUR-puhnt
Meaninga creeper
Common meaning: a snake
- serpto creep, crawlLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1680 · scan
- entadjective ending: being or doing
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√SARP‘slip along, glide, creep’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 388, p. 744 · scan
- Latinserpō, serpsī‘to creep, crawl’
- Frenchserpent
- Englishserpent‘a snake’ · today
serp also in: serpentine
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin serpō ‘to creep, crawl’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry serpō, p. 1680 · dictionary scan
Roots
- serpō, serpsī Latin “to creep, crawl”
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