serpent
要点ヘビ、蛇
意味
- (特に大きくて毒を持った)ヘビ(蛇)
- 蛇に似た怪物(dragonなど)
- こうかつな人,陰険な人
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English serpent, from Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), from Latin serpēns (“snake”), present active participle of serpere (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Italic *serpō, from Proto-Indo-European *serp-. In this sense, displaced native Old English nǣdre (“snake, serpent”), whence Modern English adder. Compare Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa, “snake”), which is a descendant of the same Proto-Indo-European word as serpent.