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- Latin · derived fromfavōrābilis
- Old French · derived fromfavorable
- Middle English · inherited fromfavourable
- English todayfavorable
From Middle English favourable, from Old French favorable, from Latin favōrābilis, from favor. By surface analysis, favor + -able.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishfavourable all →
Old Frenchfavorable all →
Latinfavōrābilis all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.