Where does “lapidist” come from?

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

lapidist (English): A lapidary

Definitions

  1. A lapidary

Ancestry of “lapidist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlapisa stone; a milestone; a boundary stone
2Proto-Italic*lapetsstone
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