favour

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 353 words | Copyright

favour friendly regard; partiality; †attraction, charm XIV; (arch.) appearance, countenance XV (hence ill-, well-favoured); gift as a mark of regard XVI. — OF. favo(u)r (mod. faveur; = It. favore) — L. favor, -ōr-, f. favēre regard with goodwill, rel. to fovēre cherish (see FOMENT).
So favour vb., favourable XIV.

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