Where does “favorit” come from?
favorit (Hungarian) comes from German Favorit, from Middle French favorit, from Old French favorit, from Italian favorito, from Italian favorire, from Italian favore, from Latin favor, from Latin -or — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
favorit (Hungarian): favourite, front runner
Ancestry of “favorit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Favorit | favourite |
| 2 | Middle French | favorit | favored one |
| 3 | Old French | favorit | — |
| 4 | Italian | favorito | favourite; mollycoddle; teacher's pet |
| 5 | Italian | favorire | to favour, to favor, to help, to aid, to support;... |
| 6 | Italian | favore | favour |
| 7 | Latin | favor | good will, inclination, partiality, favor;... |
| 8 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |