Where does “lapish” come from?

lapish (Choctaw) comes from Tagalog lapi, from Spanish lápiz, from Italian lapis, from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets — stone.

lapish (Choctaw): horn; trumpet

Definitions

  1. horn; trumpet

Ancestry of “lapish”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglapijoining or attaching a part to a whole; affix
2Spanishlápizpencil
3Italianlapispencil; sanguine
4Latinlapisa stone; a milestone; a boundary stone
5Proto-Italic*lapetsstone
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