Lapillus
/ləˈpɪləs/noun
A small stone or pebble, especially in Latin contexts.
Did you know?Lapillus is a diminutive of Latin lapis, and its root helped generate learned words tied to stone, monumentality, and permanence in later European languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*lehp-
“to stone or strike with a stone; the ancestral root behind Latin stone-words”
Latin
Latin
lapis
“stone, rock, slab”
Classical Latin
Latin
lapillus
“small stone, pebble”
Late Latin
Latin
lapillus
“a small stone used in counting, voting, or medicine”
Modern English
English
lapillus
“a small stone or pebble, especially in learned or historical use”
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