English
serpentize
From serpent + -ize.
Formed from serpent + -ize
Proto-Indo-European *serp- ‘to creep, crawl’
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Latin serpō ‘to creep, crawl, move slowly’
Latin serpēns ‘snake’
Old French serpent ‘snake, serpent’
Middle English serpent
English serpent
Today it means
verb To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “serpentize”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / serpentize