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Where does the word werewolves come from?

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∙ 15y ago
Updated: 12/7/2022

The modern English word werewolf derives from a combination of Old English wer (a man) with wulf (a wolf). The word wer is very distantly linked to Latin vir (a man) but the origin of the word is definitely Germanic, not Latin.

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