Etymology

well-known

Today it means: Familiar, famous, renowned, noted or widely known. Full definition →

Middle English well knowen
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromwell knowen
  2. English todaywell-known

From Middle English well knowen. By surface analysis, well + known.

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