Where does “lápis” come from?
lápis (Portuguese) comes from Italian lapis, from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets.
lápis (Portuguese): pencil
Ancestry of “lápis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | lapis | pencil; sanguine |
| 2 | Latin | lapis | a stone; a milestone; a boundary stone |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *lapets | — |
Words derived from “lápis”