Etymograph

English

lapidate

Lapidate comes from Latin lapidātus ‘stoned, assaulted with rocks, having been stoned’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *lapets.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lapets‘stone’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElapis‘a stone’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElapidō‘to throw stones at’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElapidātus‘stoned, assaulted with rocks, having been stoned’perfect passive participle of lapidō
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1932lapidate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lapets‘stone’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElapis‘a stone’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElapidō‘to throw stones at’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElapidātus‘stoned, assaulted with rocks, having been stoned’perfect passive participle of lapidō
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1932lapidate

Earliest quotation: 1932, Jiggs & Maggie: “the host (in tailcoat, grey cravat, purple vest) is…”

first attested First attested in 1623 (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin lapidātus, perfect passive participle of lapidō (‘to throw stones at’) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lapis (‘stone’).

Every English word from Proto-Italic *lapets

Today it means

verb To throw stones or other objects at, as punishment, sometimes until death.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *lapets / lapidate

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