Where does “lemur” come from?
Lemur comes from Latin lemures, whose original meaning remains unknown.
lemur (English): Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder...
Definitions
- Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder...
Ancestry of “lemur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | lemures | shades, ghosts of the departed; ghosts, spectres |
Words derived from “lemur”