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Where does “Lares” come from?

Lares (Latin) comes from Latin Lar, from Etruscan 𐌋𐌀𐌓.

Ancestry of “Lares”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLarEtruscan praenomen; titulary god
2Etruscan𐌋𐌀𐌓—
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