Where does “lapis” come from?

lapis (Cebuano) comes from Spanish lápiz, from Italian lapis, from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets — stone.

lapis (Cebuano): the doublespotted queenfish; a pencil

Definitions

  1. the doublespotted queenfish; a pencil

Ancestry of “lapis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlápizpencil
2Italianlapispencil; sanguine
3Latinlapisa stone; a milestone; a boundary stone
4Proto-Italic*lapetsstone
Every word from Proto-Italic *lapets →Every word from Latin lapis →Every word from Italian lapis →