köken: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn), the name of a mythological serpent slain by Apollo, from Πυθώ (Puthṓ), an old name for Delphi, probably from πύθω (púthō, “to rot, to decay”).
köken: Learned borrowing from Latin pȳthon, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn), the name of the mythological enormous serpent at Delphi slain by Apollo, probably from Πυθώ (Puthṓ), older name of Delphi.
köken: Ultimately from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn, “serpentine monster from Greek mythology”), possibly from the same root as Ancient Greek πύθω (púthō, “to rot, to decay”).
köken: Learned borrowing from Latin pȳthon, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn).
Etimoloji
From Proto-Vietic *k-lən, from Proto-Austroasiatic *tlan. Cognate with Muong tlăn, Pacoh tulán, Khmer ថ្លាន់ (thlan, “python”), Bahnar klăn (“python”), Mon ကၠန် (klɔn, “python”), Car Nicobarese tu-lān (“python”). Possibly a doublet of thằn lằn. Attested as tlan in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).