fame
English
/feɪm/
noun
Definitions
- (now) What is said or reported; gossip, rumour.
- One's reputation.
- The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French fame (celebrity, renown) derived from Latin fāma (reputation, report, fame, opinion, rumor, talk) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bheh₂meh₂-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bheh₂meh₂-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Euphemia English
- cyberfame English
- disfame English
- e-fame English
- enfame English
- famacide English
- fame-ish English
- fameless English
- famelessness English
- fameworthy English
- microfame English
- outfame English
- semifame English
- unfame English
- feimi Finnish
- affor Latin
- apophasis Latin
- diffamo Latin
- effor Latin
- facundus Latin
- famiger Latin
- famosus Latin
- femina Latin
- for Latin
- fāma Latin
- fēmina Latin
- interfor Latin
- praefatio Latin
- praefor Latin
- profor Latin
- fama Italian
- apophase French
- diffamation French
- Εὔφημος Ancient Greek
- Πολύφημος Ancient Greek
- εὔφημος Ancient Greek
- φάσις Ancient Greek
- φήμη Ancient Greek
- *bheh₂-mā- Proto-Indo-European
- *bheh₂meh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂-meh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂-mā- Proto-Indo-European
- apófase Portuguese
- *bannaną Proto-Germanic
- *bōniz Proto-Germanic
- fama Polish
- bannan Old English
- bensian Old English
- bēn Old English
- gebannan Old English
- bannen Middle English
- ben Middle English
- bene Middle English
- banna Old Norse
- banir Old French
- fame Old French
- faimă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- φήμη Greek (modern)
- fame Middle Dutch
- femme Middle French
- *bannan gmw-pro
- fama Old Portuguese
- *fāōr Proto-Italic
- fama Old Spanish