Where does “lêmure” come from?

lêmure (Portuguese) comes from Latin lemures — shades, ghosts of the departed; ghosts, spectres.

lêmure (Portuguese): lemur

Definitions

  1. lemur

Ancestry of “lêmure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlemuresshades, ghosts of the departed; ghosts, spectres
Every word from Latin lemures
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