It's Merriam-Webster's word of the day for May 8th.

Today's word is reputation spelled R E put a T Io N reputation is a

noun a reputation is the common opinion that people have about someone or something.

Reputation can also refer to a positive position that someone or something has in public

esteem or regard.

Here's the word used in a sentence from quartz.

Monton, in France, was once a leading lemon-growing region in Europe with a global reputation

and exports as far as the United States and Russia in the 18th century.

An esteemed word in English, reputation, rose to fame during the 14th century and ultimately traces back to the Latin verb Reputare meaning to take into consideration or to think over.

Reputare is itself a coupling of the well-known again prefix R.E.

And the verb putaree meaning to reckon.

Renowned celebrities of the putare family are the verb repute meaning to believe or consider and

the noun repute synonymous with reputation the adjectives reputable and reputed and the adverb reputedly.

Other putare cousins of notoriety include the words dispute, disreputable, imputation, and putative, along with their kin.

With your word of the day I'm Peter Sokolowski.

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