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Where does “lapis” come from?

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

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*lapets—

Words derived from “lapis”

  • dilapidated
  • dilapidation
  • lapidary
  • lapillus
  • lapidation
  • dilapidate
  • lapidarian
  • undilapidated
  • lapidist
  • lapidific
  • dilapidator
  • lapidate
  • lapideous
  • lapidify
  • lapicide
  • lapidarious
  • dilapidatedness
  • dilapidatedly
  • lapis lazuli
  • lapidem
  • dilapidatus
  • lapidatus
  • lapidaris
  • lapidate
Every word from Proto-Italic *lapets →