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Where does “faver” come from?

faver (Middle English) comes from Latin faba, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.

Ancestry of “faver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfababean; horse bean; a small object with the shape...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean

Words derived from “faver”

  • favor
  • disfavor
  • favorer
  • favorise
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