Given name & surname

Lemos

“elm”

Lemos is a surname from Latin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Portuguese and Galician.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Lemos goes back to Proto-Celtic *limos, meaning “elm.”

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Where it comes from

Lemos comes from Latin, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.

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How it developed

From Latin Lemavi, from Proto-Celtic *limos (“elm”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“elm”).

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Lemos’s family of names

In Greek usage, Lemos as a surname is a transliteration of Λεμός.

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Germanic

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Latin

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Proto-Italic

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Latin

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Ancient Greek

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Swedish

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Latin

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Germanic

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Sibling ideas

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