The story
- Latin · derived fromīnfāmis
- Medieval Latin · derived fromīnfāmōsus
- Middle English · inherited fromenfamouse
- English todayinfamous
From Middle English enfamouse, in-fames, infamous, from Medieval Latin īnfāmōsus, from Latin īnfāmis; by surface analysis, in- + famous. Displaced native Old English unhlīsful.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.