renown
re-
(強意) +
nomer
(to
name
)
noun
the
condition
of being
known
or
talked
about by many people;
fame
: 多くの人々によって知られている、話されている状態; 名声;
｟かたく｠ 名声, 誉れ(
fame
)
e.g.
authors of great renown.: 高名な著者
ORIGIN
Middle English
: from
Anglo-Norman French
renoun
, from
Old French
renomer
‘make
famous
’, from
re-
(expressing intensive force) +
nomer
‘to
name
’, from
Latin
nominare
.