Latin

coluber

‘snake, serpent’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin coluber.

5 English words in this record descend from Latin coluber, most familiar first.

• cobra ← coobra ← *colŏbra ← colubra
• culverin ← culveryne ← coulevrine ← colubra
• colubrid ← Colubridae ← Coluber
• colubrine ← colubrinus ← colubra
• colubriform

Etymograph / Latin coluber