Etymograph

English

fameless

From fame + -less.

Formed from fame + -less

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak, say, tell’

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Proto-Italic *fāmā ‘something said about another’

Latin fāma ‘talk, rumor, report, reputation’

Old French fame ‘celebrity, renown’

Middle English fame

English fame

Today it means

adj Without fame.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fameless