Etymology

lapidific

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Today it means: Forming or converting into stone; petrifying. Full definition →

Latin lapis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromlapis
  2. English todaylapidific

From Latin lapid- + -ific, fromLatin lapis, lapidis (“stone”) + facere (“to make”). Compare French lapidifique.

Words from the same roots

Latinlapis all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.