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| − | [ | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] fama report, fame; akin to Latin fari to speak |
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'''Fame''' or [[glory]] is a concept that seldom serves as a [[symbol]] of something else but is itself often symbolized in distinctive conventional ways in [[literature]]. | '''Fame''' or [[glory]] is a concept that seldom serves as a [[symbol]] of something else but is itself often symbolized in distinctive conventional ways in [[literature]]. | ||
| − | [[Words]] [[meaning]] “fame” are usually derived from [[roots]] meaning “hear” or “say,” since before [[modern]] times a person’s fame depended almost entirely on the heard or spoken [[word]]. Homer’s term for it, kleos, derives from the [ | + | [[Words]] [[meaning]] “fame” are usually derived from [[roots]] meaning “hear” or “say,” since before [[modern]] times a person’s fame depended almost entirely on the heard or spoken [[word]]. Homer’s term for it, kleos, derives from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_languages Indo-European] root kleu-, which also yields [[Greek]] kluo, “I hear,” klutos, “heard-of, famous,” Kleio (whence [[Latin]] Clio), the muse of epic [[poetry]], and several other [[words]]. The [[English]] derivatives of kleu- are “loud” and “listen.” In [[Sanskrit]] the same root generates sravah, “fame” (in the Rigveda), while in Slavic it produces slava, “fame” (and slovo, “word, epic tale”). These [[words]] are closely associated with epic [[poetry]], which was the chief vehicle of [[glory]] in [[ancient]] times. [[Latin]] fama, which passes through French into English as “fame,” is related to fari, “to speak,” and fatum, “utterance, something spoken by a [[god]] or [[oracle]],” which yields English “[[fate]].” An [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] word for “fame” is blaed (as in [[Beowulf]] 1761), which can mean “[[breath]]” as well; it is related to blawan, “blow,” and blaest. [[Latin]] gloria is of uncertain [[origin]]. |
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Latest revision as of 23:56, 12 December 2020
Origin
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin fama report, fame; akin to Latin fari to speak
Definitions
- 1a : public estimation : reputation
- b : popular acclaim : opinion
- 2: archaic : rumor
Description
Fame or glory is a concept that seldom serves as a symbol of something else but is itself often symbolized in distinctive conventional ways in literature.
Words meaning “fame” are usually derived from roots meaning “hear” or “say,” since before modern times a person’s fame depended almost entirely on the heard or spoken word. Homer’s term for it, kleos, derives from the Indo-European root kleu-, which also yields Greek kluo, “I hear,” klutos, “heard-of, famous,” Kleio (whence Latin Clio), the muse of epic poetry, and several other words. The English derivatives of kleu- are “loud” and “listen.” In Sanskrit the same root generates sravah, “fame” (in the Rigveda), while in Slavic it produces slava, “fame” (and slovo, “word, epic tale”). These words are closely associated with epic poetry, which was the chief vehicle of glory in ancient times. Latin fama, which passes through French into English as “fame,” is related to fari, “to speak,” and fatum, “utterance, something spoken by a god or oracle,” which yields English “fate.” An Old English word for “fame” is blaed (as in Beowulf 1761), which can mean “breath” as well; it is related to blawan, “blow,” and blaest. Latin gloria is of uncertain origin.
