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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
- | From Latin ''fama'' ‘talk, [[rumor]], report, [[reputation’]], from Greek ''φήμη'' ''pheme'' ‘talk’, from [[Proto-Indo-European]] ''*bheH₂-mā-'', from ''*bheH₂-'' ‘to speak’. | + | From Latin ''fama'' ‘talk, [[rumor]], report, [[reputation]]’, from Greek ''φήμη'' ''pheme'' ‘talk’, from [[Proto-Indo-European]] ''*bheH₂-mā-'', from ''*bheH₂-'' ‘to speak’. |
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*[[infamous]] | *[[infamous]] |
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Etymology
From Latin fama ‘talk, rumor, report, reputation’, from Greek φήμη pheme ‘talk’, from Proto-Indo-European *bheH₂-mā-, from *bheH₂- ‘to speak’.