Where does “nilalapis” come from?

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

Ancestry of “nilalapis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglapispencil
2Spanishlápizpencil
3Italianlapispencil; sanguine
4Latinlapisa stone; a milestone; a boundary stone
5Proto-Italic*lapetsstone
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