Etymology

favouritism

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Today it means: The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another. Full definition →

English favourit(e) ← 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. Englishfavourit(e)
  14. English todayfavouritism

From favourit(e) + -ism.

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