fame

Meaning

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈfamɪ]

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: famēs

Cognate with Portuguese: fome

Cognate with French: faim

Cognate with Italian: fame

Cognate with Romanian: 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, Spanish hambre, Italian fame and Romanian foame.