Where does “Lares” come from?

Lares comes from Latin Lares, from Latin lar, from Etruscan 𐌋𐌀𐌓, a word of unknown ultimate meaning referring to Roman household deities.

Lares (English): The household deities watching over one's family...

Definitions

  1. The household deities watching over one's family...

Ancestry of “Lares”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLaresLares, the classical Roman gods of a place,...
2Latinlarthe protective spirit of a place, particularly a...
3Etruscan𐌋𐌀𐌓—
Every word from Etruscan 𐌋𐌀𐌓 →Every word from Latin lar →Every word from Latin Lares →