Where does “lapi” come from?

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

lapi (Tagalog): joining or attaching a part to a whole; affix

Definitions

  1. joining or attaching a part to a whole; affix

Ancestry of “lapi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlápizpencil
2Italianlapispencil; sanguine
3Latinlapisa stone; a milestone; a boundary stone
4Proto-Italic*lapetsstone

Words derived from “lapi”

Every word from Proto-Italic *lapets →