pharus

See also: Pharus

Latin

Etymology

From Pharus (“Pharos, an island off Alexandria where the famous lighthouse was located”), from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).

Noun

pharus m

lighthouse

Descendants

Italian: faro
Old French:
- French: phare
  - → Bulgarian: фар (far)
  - → English: phare
  - → Luxembourgish: Phar
  - → Macedonian: фар (far)
  - → Romanian: far
  - → Russian: фара (fara)
  - → Vietnamese: pha
Old Leonese:
- Asturian: faru
Old Occitan:
- Catalan: far
Old Portuguese:
- Galician: faro
- Portuguese: faro, farol
Old Spanish:
- Spanish: faro, farol
  - → Cebuano: parol
  - → Tagalog: parol
    - → English: parol
→ Albanian: far

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