Where does “lapidatura” come from?

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

lapidatura (Italian): grinding and polishing of metal (or of gemstones)

Definitions

  1. grinding and polishing of metal (or of gemstones)

Ancestry of “lapidatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlapidareto stone; to lap
2Latinlapidōto stone, throw stones at
3Latinlapisa stone; a milestone; a boundary stone
4Proto-Italic*lapetsstone
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