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Where does “lar” come from?

Lar comes from Latin lar, a household god in Roman religion, borrowed from Etruscan 𐌋𐌀𐌓, of unknown origin.

lar (English): singular of lares: a household god, particularly...

Definitions

  1. singular of lares: a household god, particularly...

Ancestry of “lar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLarEtruscan praenomen; titulary god
2Etruscan𐌋𐌀𐌓—
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