infamous的词源
英文词源
- infamous
- infamous: [14] The negative connotations of infamous go back a long way – to the word’s source, in fact, Latin infāmis. This did not mean simply ‘not well known’; the prefix in- denoted positively ‘bad’, and so infāmis signified ‘of ill repute’. In post-classical times infāmis became infamōsus, which passed into English as infamous.
=> famous - infamous (adj.)
- "of ill repute," late 14c., from Medieval Latin infamosus, from Latin in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + famosus "celebrated" (see famous). Meaning influenced by Latin infamis "of ill fame" (see infamy). As a legal term, "disqualified from certain rights of citizens in consequence of conviction of certain crimes" (late 14c.). The neutral fameless is recorded from 1590s. Related: Infamously.
中文词源
in-,不，非，famous,好名声的，著名的。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：infamous 词源，infamous 含义。
-fa-说 → -fam-名声,名誉 词根词缀： in-不 + -fam-名声,名誉 + -ous形容词词尾
