Where does “lapis lazuli” come from?

lapis lazuli (Latin) comes from Latin lazulum, from Arabic لازورد, from Classical Persian لاجورد.

lapis lazuli (Latin): lapis lazuli

Definitions

  1. lapis lazuli

Ancestry of “lapis lazuli”, step by step

lapis lazuli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin lazulum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlazulumheaven, sky
2Arabicلازوردlapis lazuli; azure
3Classical Persianلاجورد—

via Latin lapis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlapisa stone; a milestone; a boundary stone
2Proto-Italic*lapetsstone
Every word from Classical Persian لاجورد →