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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἕρπυλλος (hérpullos). This spelling is educated. In Old Latin the spelling serpullum was dominating, the Greek origin not being well known, and this form stays in speech up to Romance.
Noun
serpyllum n (genitive serpyllī); second declension
- wild thyme
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Descendants
- serpullum
- *serpullellum
- serpillum
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