Where does “lemuri” come from?

lemuri (Finnish) comes from English lemur, from Latin lemures — shades, ghosts of the departed; ghosts, spectres.

Ancestry of “lemuri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlemurAny strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder...
2Latinlemuresshades, ghosts of the departed; ghosts, spectres
Every word from Latin lemures
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