English
lapidescent
Lapidescent comes from Latin lapidēscēns ‘petrifying, becoming stone’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *lapets.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lapets‘stone’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElapis‘stone’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElapidēscō‘to petrify’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElapidēscēns‘petrifying, becoming stone’present participle of lapidēscō
- Englishtodaylapidescent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lapets‘stone’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElapis‘stone’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElapidēscō‘to petrify’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElapidēscēns‘petrifying, becoming stone’present participle of lapidēscō
- Englishtodaylapidescent
Every English word from Proto-Italic *lapets
Today it means
adj Capable of petrifying other bodies.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *lapets / lapidescent