Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To make (someone or something) famous.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySomething said or reported; gossip, rumour. · One's reputation. · The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of, especially for something positive.
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.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionfameenm
- Derivation mentionfamefro · celebrity, renown
- Derivation mentionfāmala · talk, rumor, report, reputation
- Derivation mention*bʰéh₂-meh₂ine-pro
- Cognate mentionφήμηgrc · talk
- Cognate mentionforla · speak, say
- Cognate mentionbōianang · to boast
- Cognate mentionbēnang · prayer, request
- Cognate mentionbannanang · to summon, command, proclaim
- Non-cognate comparisonhlīsaang
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