Where does “infam” come from?

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

infam (German): malicious, especially dishonest or slanderous, in...

Definitions

  1. malicious, especially dishonest or slanderous, in...

Ancestry of “infam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchinfâmeinfamous, nefarious, villainous; disgusting,...
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 “infam”

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