Latin
fāma
‘fame’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin fāma.
7 English words in this record descend from Latin fāma, most familiar first.
- famous ← fāmōsus
- fame
- infamous ← enfamouse ← īnfāmōsus ← īnfāmis
- infamy ← infamie ← infamie ← īnfāmia ← īnfāmis
- defame ← defamen ← defamer ← diffāmō
- infame ← īnfāmāre ← īnfāmis
- famacide
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Etymograph / Latin fāma