famous的词源

英文词源

famous (adj.)

late 14c., "celebrated in public report, renowned, well-known" also "notorious, infamous," from Anglo-French famous, Old French fameus (Modern French fameux), from Latin famosus "much talked of, renowned," often "infamous, notorious, of ill repute," from fama (see fame (n.)). A native word for this was Old English namcuð, literally "name-known." Catch phrase famous last words in the humorous sense "remark likely to prove fatally wrong" is attested from 1921 (early lists of them include "Let's see if it's loaded ... We'll get across before the train comes ... Which one is the third rail? ... Light up, it can't explode").

中文词源

famous：著名的

来自fame, 名声。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：famous 词源，famous 含义。

famous：著名的，出名的

来源于古印欧语bha-(说),在拉丁语中的派生词为fama(流言,名誉)。

-fa-说 → -fam-名声,名誉词根词缀： -fam-名声,名誉 + -ous形容词词尾