The story
- Latin · borrowed fromcippus“stake, post”
- English todaycippus
Words from the same roots
Latincippus all →
kypekipfel
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
cippus
Today it means: A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc. Full definition →
Latin cippus