Where does “infamous” come from?

Infamous derives from Medieval Latin infamosus, from Latin infamis, composed of the Latin prefix in- and Latin in, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots bʰeh₂-, ne, and h₁én.

infamous (English): Having a bad reputation, disreputable;...

Definitions

  1. Having a bad reputation, disreputable;...

Ancestry of “infamous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latininfamosus—
2Latinīnfāmisdisreputable, notorious, infamous
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “infamous”

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