English Explanatory Dictionary

Serpe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Serpe Serpes

Etymology

Two possible origins: * Borrowed from Italian Serpe, a nickname for a treacherous or malignant person, from serpe (“snake”). * Borrowed from French Serpe, a metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of billhooks and sickles, from serpe (“billhook, sickle”).

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