English
renown
Renown comes from Old French renoun ‘reputation’, from nom ‘name’, and ultimately from Hittite ḫannaⁱ- ‘to sue, judge’.
- Hittitemodernḫannaⁱ-transliteratedcuneiform ḫannaⁱ-, a transliteration‘to sue, judge’
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥‘name’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nōmn̥‘name’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōmen
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400nomas noun‘name’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400renoun‘reputation’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1602renown
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Hittitemodernḫannaⁱ-transliteratedcuneiform ḫannaⁱ-, a transliteration‘to sue, judge’
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥‘name’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nōmn̥‘name’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōmen
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400nomas noun‘name’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400renoun‘reputation’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1602renown
Earliest quotation: c. 1602, William Shakespeare: “She is a theame of honour and renowne, /…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’
name, anonymity, pseudonym, 31 more
through Latin nōmen
nomination, nominal, nominate, allocate, noun, misnomer, nominative, ignominious, ignominy, nomen, 19 more
Today it means
noun Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hittite ḫannaⁱ- / renown