Where does “lapis” come from?

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

lapis (Latin): a stone; a milestone; a boundary stone

Definitions

  1. a stone; a milestone; a boundary stone

Ancestry of “lapis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*lapetsstone

Words derived from “lapis

Every word from Proto-Italic *lapets
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