English
lapis calaminaris
Lapis calaminaris comes from Medieval Latin lapis ‘stone, mineral’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *lapets.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lapets‘stone’reconstructed
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500lapis‘stone, mineral’
- Medieval Latin, derivedc. 600–1500lapis calamīnāris
- Englishearliest quotation 1748lapis calaminaris
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lapets‘stone’reconstructed
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500lapis‘stone, mineral’
- Medieval Latin, derivedc. 600–1500lapis calamīnāris
- Englishearliest quotation 1748lapis calaminaris
Earliest quotation: 1748, John Hill, The history of fossils: “[…] was the first who publickly declar'd and prov'd…”
Linked words
through Medieval Latin lapis ‘stone, mineral’
Today it means
noun Synonym of calamine, a pink form of zinc oxide formed as a byproduct during sublimation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *lapets / lapis calaminaris