en.wiktionary.org

Serpe - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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).

Serpe (plural Serpes)

  1. A surname.
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Serpe is the 40672nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 537 individuals. Serpe is most common among White (97.02%) individuals.

From serpe (snake), a nickname for a treacherous or malignant person.

Serpe m or f by sense

  1. a surname
  1. ^ serpe in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)