Where does “lapideous” come from?

lapideous (English) comes from Latin lapideus, from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets — stone.

lapideous (English): Of the nature of stone; stony

Definitions

  1. Of the nature of stone; stony

Ancestry of “lapideous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlapideusstone; stony, stone-like
2Latinlapisa stone; a milestone; a boundary stone
3Proto-Italic*lapetsstone
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