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Where does “notoriété” come from?

notoriété (Middle French) comes from Latin notorietas, from Latin nōtōrius, from Latin nōtus, from Latin nōscō, from Latin gnōscō, from Proto-Italic gnōskō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₃sḱéti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

Ancestry of “notoriété”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnotorietas—
2Latinnōtōrius—
3Latinnōtus—
4Latinnōscō—
5Latingnōscō—
6Proto-Italicgnōskōknow, get to know
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₃sḱétito recognise
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “notoriété”

  • notoriety
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