Where does “larvă” come from?
larvă (Romanian) comes from French larve, from Latin larva, from Old Latin larua — demon, spirit of the dead.
larvă (Romanian): larva, grub
Ancestry of “larvă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | larve | grub, larva |
| 2 | Latin | larva | ghost, haunt, evil spirit, demon, devil;... |
| 3 | Old Latin | larua | demon, spirit of the dead |