Etymology

favoursome

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Today it means: Characterised or marked by favour or favouritism; acceptable, satisfactory. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *samaz ← Proto-Indo-European *somHós ← English favour
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The story

  1. Englishfavour
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*somHós
  4. Proto-Germanic*samaz
  5. English todayfavoursome

From favour + -some.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.