Etymograph

English

lapillo

Lapillo comes from Italian lapillo ‘lapillus’, from Latin lapillus ‘a small stone, pebble’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *lapets.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lapets‘stone’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElapis‘stone’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElapillus‘a small stone, pebble’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentlapillo‘lapillus’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lapets‘stone’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElapis‘stone’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElapillus‘a small stone, pebble’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentlapillo‘lapillus’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin lapis ‘stone’

lapidary, 13 more

Today it means

noun Synonym of lapillus (“lava fragment”).

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *lapets / lapillo

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