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Where does “lapidare” come from?

lapidare (Italian) comes from Latin lapidō, from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets.

lapidare (Italian): to stone; to lap

Definitions

  1. to stone; to lap

Ancestry of “lapidare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlapidō—
2Latinlapisa stone; a milestone; a boundary stone
3Proto-Italic*lapets—

Words derived from “lapidare”

  • lapidate
  • lapidatore
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