myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of dilapidare

Etymology of the Latin word dilapidare

the Latin word dilapidare (bring to partial ruin; pelt, shower w; squander; throw away; scatter like stones)

derived from the New Latin word di-

derived from the Greek word di-, δι-, δί-

derived from the Greek word dis, δίς (double; twice)

using the Latin prefix dis-

derived from the Latin word lapidare (throw stones at; stone; [lapidat => it rains stones])

derived from the Latin word lapis (stone; milestone; jewel)

derived from the Late Latin word lapidarium

derived from the Medieval Latin word lapida

French dilapider, Italian dilapidare, Portuguese dilapidar, Spanish dilapidar