Where does “dilapidare” come from?

dilapidare (Latin) comes from Latin dis, from Latin dives, from Proto-Indo-European deywós, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.

dilapidare (Latin): to destroy with stones

Definitions

  1. to destroy with stones

Ancestry of “dilapidare”, step by step

dilapidare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin dis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindisrich, wealthy; dative/ablative plural of deus
2Latindivesrich, wealthy; productive, fertile; talented
3Proto-Indo-Europeandeywósgod
4Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

via Latin lapidō

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

Words derived from “dilapidare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew- →