rept-

English

Etymology

From Latin rept-, past participle stem of rēpere "to crawl, creep."

Prefix

rept-

1. Crawl, creep.

Derived terms

• reptile
• reptology
• reptilology
• irreption
• obreption

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “reptile”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• 'terp, -pter, PERT, pert, pret., terp