renown: [14] To be renowned is etymologically to be ‘named again’, and hence to be ‘famous’. The word comes from Old French renon, a derivative of the verb renomer ‘make famous’. This was formed from the prefix re- ‘again’ and nomer ‘name’, a descendant of Latin nōmināre, from which English gets nominate. => nominate, noun
renown (n.)
c. 1300, from Anglo-French renoun, Old French renon "renown, fame, reputation," from renomer "make famous," from re- "repeatedly" (see re-) + nomer "to name," from Latin nominare "to name" (see nominate). The Middle English verb reknouen "make known, acknowledge" has been assimilated to the noun via renowned. In old German university slang, a reknowner (German renommist) was "a boaster, a swaggerer."
例文
1. Mailly 's work achieved little renown .
メリーの仕事はあまり評判になっていません。
2.He won renown as a fair judge.
彼は公平な裁判の栄誉を勝ち取った。
3.It 's just these heart-thrilling chapters that brought his work world renown .
これらの迫力あるページが彼の作品を世界的に有名にしたのだ。
4.His renown has spread throughout the country.
彼の名声は全国に広まっている。
5.They travelled to Portsmouth,where they embarked on the battle cruiser HMS Renown .