Etymology

serpentry

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Today it means: A place inhabited or infested by serpents. Full definition →

English serpent ← Middle English serpent ← Old French serpent
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*serp-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sérpeti
  3. Proto-Italic*serpō
  4. Latinserpō
  5. Latinserpēns
  6. Old Frenchserpent
  7. Middle Englishserpent
  8. Englishserpent
  9. English todayserpentry

From serpent + -ry.

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