Where does “famousish” come from?
famousish (English) comes from English famous, from Middle English famous, from Anglo-Norman famous, from Latin famosus, from Latin -osus, from Old Latin -osos, from Latin ont-to-s, from Latin -o-wont-to-s.
famousish (English): Slightly or somewhat famous; well-known but not a celebrity
Definitions
- Slightly or somewhat famous; well-known but not a celebrity
Ancestry of “famousish”, step by step
famousish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English famous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | famous | Well known; In the public eye; To make famous; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | famous | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | famous | — |
| 4 | Latin | famosus | famed, celebrated, noted, renowned, famous;... |
| 5 | Latin | -osus | -ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to |
| 6 | Old Latin | -osos | accusative masculine plural of -ōsus |
| 7 | Latin | ont-to-s | — |
| 8 | Latin | -o-wont-to-s | — |
via English ish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ish | Pronunciation spelling of is; somewhat,... |
| 2 | English | -ish | Typical of, similar to, being like; Somewhat,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ish | Alternative form of -yssh |
| 4 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |