Where does “famous” come from?
Famous comes from Middle English famous, from Anglo-Norman famous, from Latin famosus meaning "renowned," derived from the adjective-forming suffix -osus attached to a root from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-.
famous (English): Well known; In the public eye; To make famous; to...
Definitions
- Well known; In the public eye; To make famous; to...
Ancestry of “famous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | famous | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | famous | — |
| 3 | Latin | famosus | famed, celebrated, noted, renowned, famous;... |
| 4 | Latin | -osus | -ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to |
| 5 | Old Latin | -osos | accusative masculine plural of -ōsus |
| 6 | Latin | ont-to-s | — |
| 7 | Latin | -o-wont-to-s | — |
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