Where does “famous” come from?

famous (Middle English) comes 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.

Ancestry of “famous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanfamous
2Latinfamosusfamed, celebrated, noted, renowned, famous;...
3Latin-osus-ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to
4Old Latin-ososaccusative masculine plural of -ōsus
5Latinont-to-s
6Latin-o-wont-to-s

Words derived from “famous

Every word from Latin -o-wont-to-sEvery word from Latin -osusEvery word from Latin famosus
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