Given name & surname · also Latin
Lanius
“butcher”
Lanius is a surname from Latin (ultimately Dutch).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lanius goes back to Latin lanius, meaning “butcher.”
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Where it comes from
Lanius comes from Latin, and ultimately from Dutch.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Latin lanius (“butcher”), from Dutch vleeshouwer.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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