Where does “famous” come from?

famous (Anglo-Norman) comes from Latin famosus, from Latin -osus, from Old Latin -osos, from Latin ont-to-s, from Latin -o-wont-to-s.

Ancestry of “famous”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	famosus	famed, celebrated, noted, renowned, famous;...
2	Latin	-osus	-ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to
3	Old Latin	-osos	accusative masculine plural of -ōsus
4	Latin	ont-to-s	—
5	Latin	-o-wont-to-s	—