fame
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fame
- /feɪm/
Rhymes with -eɪm
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂meh₂
Proto-Italic *fāmā
Latin fāmabor.
Old French famebor.
Middle English fame
English fame
From Middle English fame, from Old French fame (“celebrity, renown”), itself borrowed from Latin fāma (“talk, rumor, report, reputation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂-meh₂, from *bʰeh₂- (“to speak, say, tell”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φήμη (phḗmē, “talk”). Related also to Latin for (“speak, say”, verb), Old English bōian (“to boast”), Old English bēn (“prayer, request”), Old English bannan (“to summon, command, proclaim”). More at ban.
Displaced native Old English hlīsa.
noun fames
- Something said or reported; gossip, rumour. There went a fame in Heav'n that he ere long / Intended to create, and therein plant / A generation, whom his choice regard / Should favour […].
- One's reputation.
- The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of, especially for something positive. I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited.
verb fames · faming · famed
- To make (someone or something) famous.
