Where does “lemur” come from?

lemur (Romanian) comes from French lémure, from Latin lemures — shades, ghosts of the departed; ghosts, spectres.

lemur (Romanian): lemur

Definitions

  1. lemur

Ancestry of “lemur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlémurelemure
2Latinlemuresshades, ghosts of the departed; ghosts, spectres
Every word from Latin lemures →