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- Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromΦήμη
- English todayPheme
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Φήμη (Phḗmē).
Words from the same roots
Ancient GreekΦήμη all →
-phemia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The personification of fame and renown, her favour being notability, her wrath being scandalous rumours. Full definition →
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Φήμη (Phḗmē).
Ancient GreekΦήμη all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.