Where does “lémur” come from?

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

lémur (Spanish): lemur

Definitions

  1. lemur

Ancestry of “lémur”, step by step

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