Latin: serpēns (la), coluber m, anguis (la) m. Icelandic: höggormur (is) m, naðra (is) f. German: Schlange (de) f, ( poetic ) Wurm (de) m. Middle English: addere, naddere Old English: nædre, nǣddre ( figurative ) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person. ( now literary ) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one. ( General American ) IPA ( key): /ˈsɝpənt/. ( Received Pronunciation ) IPA ( key): /ˈsɜːpənt/. In this sense, displaced native Old English nǣdre ( “ snake, serpent ” ), whence Modern English adder.Ĭompare Sanskrit सर्प ( sarpa, “ snake ” ), which is a descendant of the same Proto-Indo-European word as English serpent. 
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.
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