Where does “infâme” come from?

infâme (French) comes from Latin īnfāmis, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

infâme (French): infamous, nefarious, villainous; disgusting,...

Definitions

  1. infamous, nefarious, villainous; disgusting,...

Ancestry of “infâme”, step by step

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

Words derived from “infâme”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →