famous
FAY-muhs · adjective
Origin
From Middle English famous, borrowed from Anglo-Norman famous, from Latin fāmōsus — literally fame plus the adjective-forming suffix -ous.
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Related words
It shares its root with fame itself — famous is built directly from fame plus -ous, so the two are as closely related as words get.