fame

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (feminine) hunger
2. (feminine) famine

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈfamɪ]

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Latyn: famēs

Verwante met Portugees: fome

Verwante met Frans: faim

Verwante met Italiaans: fame

Verwante met Roemeens: foame

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *fam(i)ne(m) or more likely *famen, from Latin famēs (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰH- (“to disappear”). Cognate with Portuguese fome, French faim, Italian fame and Romanian foame.