. Reptatory is probably derived from New Latin reptatorius (used in the binomial nomenclature of species), from Latin rēptātus + -tōrius; rēptātus is the perfect passive participle of rēptō, the frequentative form of rēpō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p-.
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