Where does “lapifractor” come from?

lapifractor (Latin) comes from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets — stone.

lapifractor (Latin): person producing gravel

Definitions

  1. person producing gravel

Ancestry of “lapifractor”, step by step

lapifractor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin lapis

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

via Latin frangō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfrangōto break, shatter
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
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