Etymology

favori

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Today it means: A favorite. Full definition →

French favori ← Middle French favorit ← Italian favorito
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂weh₁yetider.?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰew-der.?
  5. Latinfaveō
  6. Latinfavor
  7. Italianfavore
  8. Italianfavorire
  9. Italianfavorito
  10. Old Frenchfavorit
  11. Italianfavorito
  12. Middle Frenchfavorit
  13. Frenchfavori
  14. English todayfavori

Borrowed from French favori. Doublet of favourite.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.