Fame Definition

fām

famed, fames, fame

noun

fames

Public report; rumor.

Webster's New World

Reputation, esp. good reputation.

Webster's New World

The state of being widely known or much talked about; renown; celebrity.

Webster's New World

Rumor.

American Heritage

(now rare) What is said or reported; gossip, rumour.

Wiktionary

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verb

famed, fames, fame

To make famous.

Webster's New World

To report to be.

American Heritage

Origin of Fame

From Middle English, from Old French fame (“celebrity, renown”), from Latin fāma (“talk, rumor, report, reputation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bheh₂meh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European *bheh₂- (“to speak, say, tell”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φήμη (phēmē, “talk”). Related also to Latin for (“speak, say”, verb), Old English bōian (“to boast”), Old English bēn (“prayer, request”), Old English bannan (“to summon, command, proclaim”). More at ban.

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French from Latin fāma bhā-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition