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Where does “lapidary” come from?

Lapidary comes from Old French lapidaire, from Latin lapidarius, combining Latin lapis (stone) with the agentive suffix -arius, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -yós.

lapidary (English): A person who cuts, polishes, engraves, or deals...

Definitions

  1. A person who cuts, polishes, engraves, or deals...

Ancestry of “lapidary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlapidaire—
2Latinlapidārius—
3Latinlapisa stone; a milestone; a boundary stone
4Proto-Italic*lapets—

Words derived from “lapidary”

  • lapidarian
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