Etymograph

English

Sepe

Sepe comes from Italian siepe ‘hedge’, and goes back to Latin saepēs.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaepēs‘hedge, fence’
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentsiepe‘hedge’
  3. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentSepevariant of siepe
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaepēs‘hedge, fence’
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentsiepe‘hedge’
  3. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentSepevariant of siepe
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A surname from Italian.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin saepēs / Sepe