The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἕρπης“herpes”
- Latin · derived fromherpēs
- English todayherpes
From Latin herpēs, from Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs, “herpes”, literally “a creeping”), from ἕρπειν (hérpein, “to creep”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἕρπης all →
herpangina
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.