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Where does “lapide” come from?

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

lapide (Italian): tombstone, gravestone; memorial; gemstone,...

Definitions

  1. tombstone, gravestone; memorial; gemstone,...

Ancestry of “lapide”, step by step

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