Etymology

lapidist

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Today it means: A lapidary (“person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones; expert in gems and precious stones”). Full definition →

Latin lapis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromlapis
  2. English todaylapidist

From Latin lapis, lapidis (“a stone”) + -ist.

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.