Where does “infamie” come from?
infamie (French) comes from Old French infamie, from Latin īnfāmia, from Latin īnfāmis, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
infamie (French): infamy
Definitions
- infamy
Ancestry of “infamie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | infamie | — |
| 2 | Latin | īnfāmia | bad reputation or repute, ill fame, dishonor, disgrace, infamy, reproach |
| 3 | Latin | īnfāmis | disreputable, notorious, infamous |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |