English
Fames
Fames comes from Latin fames ‘hunger’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfames‘hunger’
- EnglishtodayFames
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfames‘hunger’
- EnglishtodayFames
Linked words
through Latin fames ‘hunger’
Today it means
name A goddess who is a personification of famine and hunger. She is the Roman counterpart of Limos.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fames / Fames