lar
a household god, particularly overseeing the family itself.
Other meanings
A lar gibbon (Hylobates lar).
An Etruscan title, properly peculiar to the eldest son, but often mistaken for an integral part of the name.
Word history
From Latin "lār" (ancestral deity or spirit).
Where this comes from
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