− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French ''deffamer'', ''diffamer'', from Medieval Latin ''defamare'', alteration of [[Latin]] ''diffamare'', from ''dis''- + ''fama'' [[reputation]], [[fame]] | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French ''deffamer'', ''diffamer'', from Medieval Latin ''defamare'', alteration of [[Latin]] ''diffamare'', from ''dis''- + ''fama'' [[reputation]], [[fame]] |