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*The condition of being a [[celebrity]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | *The condition of being a [[celebrity]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | ||
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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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Etymology
From Latin fama ‘talk, rumor, report, reputation’, from Greek φήμη pheme ‘talk’, from Proto-Indo-European *bheH₂-mā-, from *bheH₂- ‘to speak’.