| 【favor】 is a word-forming element usually meaning "favor" from Latin "favorem, favor, favere" from PIE *ghow-e- "to honor, revere, worship" |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "favor"]
favor ***[2329] If you regard something or someone with favour, you like or support them.
favorable ☆[5425] showing approval
favour ***[3225] If you regard something or someone with favour, you like or support them.
favourable **[3907] If your opinion or your reaction is favourable to something, you agree with it and approve of it.
favourite ***[2368] Your favourite thing or person of a particular type is the one you like most.
[WORD ROOT]root favor
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] favor, favour
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) favorem, favor, favere
[MEANING]root favor
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Latin】 favorem 〈nominative favor〉 good will, inclination, partiality, support
- 【Latin】 favor [stem of favere] good will, favor
- 【Latin】 favere to show kindness to
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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favor ★★★[2329] noun from favor
【DEFINITION】 If you regard something or someone with favour, you like or support them.
【pl.】 favors
【SYNONYM】 bias
【ROOTs】 favor; favor
【Etymology】 《Latin favere》 to show kindness to
【First Known Meaning】 attractiveness, beauty, charm
【DERIVATIVEs】 favorer, favoringly, favourer, favouringly, favor, favour
favorable ☆[5425] adjective from favorable 〈 favor
【DEFINITION】 ① showing approval
② expressing approval; giving or providing what is desired
③ giving a result that helps, benefits, or shows approval of someone
【SYNONYM】 advantageous
【ANTONYM】 unfavourable
【ROOTs】 ⑴ favor; favor ⑵ able; adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin favere》 to show kindness to
favour ★★★[3225] noun from favor
【DEFINITION】 If you regard something or someone with favour, you like or support them.
【pl.】 favours
【SYNONYM】 bias
【ROOTs】 favour(favor); favor
【Etymology】 《Latin favere》 to show kindness to
【DERIVATIVEs】 favorer, favoringly, favourer, favouringly, favor, favour
favourable ★★[3907] adjective from favorable 〈 favor
【DEFINITION】 If your opinion or your reaction is favourable to something, you agree with it and approve of it.
【SYNONYM】 advantageous, beneficial, opportune
【ANTONYM】 unfavourable
【COMPOSITION】 favour + able
【ROOTs】 ⑴ favour(favor); favor ⑵ able; adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin favere》 to show kindness to
【DERIVATIVEs】 favorableness, favorably, favourableness, favourably, favourable
favourite ★★★[2368] adjective from favor
【DEFINITION】 Your favourite thing or person of a particular type is the one you like most.
【COMPOSITION】 favour
【ROOTs】 ⑴ favour(favor); favor ⑵ ite; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin favorem》 〈nominative favor〉 good will, inclination, partiality, support
Other words containing "favor"; favorableness, favorably, favourableness, favourably, unfavourable
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
fast
fascin
fare
far-, fat-, fam-
far
famili
fall-, false-
fair
fac, fact, -fect, fic
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