English
inlapidate
Inlapidate comes from Latin lapis ‘stone’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *lapets.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lapets‘stone’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElapis‘stone’
- Englishearliest quotation 1627inlapidate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lapets‘stone’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElapis‘stone’
- Englishearliest quotation 1627inlapidate
Earliest quotation: 1627, I. Century. [Experiments in Consort, touching Induration of : “It is already found, that there are ſome Naturall…”
Linked words
through Latin lapis ‘stone’
Today it means
verb To convert into a stony substance; to petrify.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *lapets / inlapidate