Where does “lemure” come from?
lemure (English) comes from English lemures, from Latin lemures — shades, ghosts of the departed; ghosts, spectres.
lemure (English): singular of lemures
Ancestry of “lemure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | lemures | The spirits or ghosts of the dead |
| 2 | Latin | lemures | shades, ghosts of the departed; ghosts, spectres |