Where does “lapian” come from?

lapian (Old English) comes from Tagalog lapi, from Spanish lápiz, from Italian lapis, from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets — stone.

lapian (Old English): to lick, lap up, suck

Definitions

  1. to lick, lap up, suck

Ancestry of “lapian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglapijoining or attaching a part to a whole; affix
2Spanishlápizpencil
3Italianlapispencil; sanguine
4Latinlapisa stone; a milestone; a boundary stone
5Proto-Italic*lapetsstone

Words derived from “lapian”

Every word from Proto-Italic *lapets →Every word from Latin lapis →Every word from Italian lapis →