Where does “favoritismo” come from?
favoritismo (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese favorito, from Italian favorito, from Italian favorire, from Italian favore, from Latin favor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
favoritismo (Portuguese): favouritism unfair favouring of a person or group
Definitions
- favouritism unfair favouring of a person or group
Ancestry of “favoritismo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | favorito | favourite; preferred; favourite; bookmark |
| 2 | Italian | favorito | favourite; mollycoddle; teacher's pet |
| 3 | Italian | favorire | to favour, to favor, to help, to aid, to support;... |
| 4 | Italian | favore | favour |
| 5 | Latin | favor | good will, inclination, partiality, favor;... |
| 6 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |