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infame

/inˈfame/

adjective/inˈfame/

awful, dreadful; infamous, vile, wicked

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Latin fāma Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin īnfāmisbor. Spanish infame Borrowed from Latin īnfāmis.