lápiz
/ˈlapiθ/ · B1 · noun · m
pencil
✏️ From Latin lapis = stone, as in lapis lazuli: a pencil writes with a stone
Early pencils used graphite, which people took for a kind of lead stone. Latin lapis (stone) became Spanish lápiz. Link it to lapis lazuli, the blue stone. In Spain the z sounds like th: LAH-peeth.