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favorise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fa-vorise
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of favorize.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin faveō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin favor Old French favorbor. Middle English favour English favor English -ise English favorise From favor + -ise.

Inflected Forms

favorises (present, singular) favorising (participle, present) favorised (participle, past) favorised (past)

Questions

What does favorise mean?
Alternative form of favorize.
Where does favorise come from?
Etymology tree Latin faveō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin favor Old French favorbor. Middle English favour English favor English -ise English favorise From favor + -ise.

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