Where does “lapis” come from?
lapis (Italian) comes from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets.
lapis (Italian): pencil; sanguine
Ancestry of “lapis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | lapis | a stone; a milestone; a boundary stone |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | *lapets | — |
Words derived from “lapis”