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

  1. Well known; In the public eye; To make famous; to...

Ancestry of “famous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfamous—
2Anglo-Normanfamous—
3Latinfamosusfamed, celebrated, noted, renowned, famous;...
4Latin-osus-ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to
5Old Latin-ososaccusative masculine plural of -ōsus
6Latinont-to-s—
7Latin-o-wont-to-s—

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