Where does “lapidate” come from?

lapidate (English) comes from Latin lapidātus, from Latin lapidō, from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets — stone.

lapidate (English): To throw stones or other objects at, as...

Definitions

  1. To throw stones or other objects at, as...

Ancestry of “lapidate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlapidātusstoned, assaulted with rocks, having been stoned
2Latinlapidōto stone, throw stones at
3Latinlapisa stone; a milestone; a boundary stone
4Proto-Italic*lapetsstone
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