Etymology

favorise

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English favor ← Middle English favour ← Old French favor
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  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. Old Frenchfavor
  8. Middle Englishfavour
  9. Englishfavor
  10. English todayfavorise

From favor + -ise.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.