English
famesque
From fame + -esque; coined by The Washington Post writer Amy Argetsinger in 2009.
Formed from fame + -esque
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
The story
From fame + -esque; coined by The Washington Post writer Amy Argetsinger in 2009.
Today it means
adj famous for being famous.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / famesque