favor
/ˈfeɪ.vɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.58 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He did me a favor when he took the time to drive me home."
- "She enjoyed the queen's favor."
- "to fall out of favor"
- "Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady.[…]She looked around expectantly, and recognizing Mrs. Cooke's maid[…]Miss Thorn greeted her with a smile which greatly prepossessed us in her favor."
- "Samara: She confuses her victims, twists their feelings. They will do anything for her favor."
- "wedding favor"
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 From Middle English favour, favor, faver, from Anglo-Norman favour, from mainland Old French favor, from Latin favor (“good will; kindness; partiality”), from faveō (“to be kind to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂weh₁yeti (“to be favourable to”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”). Respelled in American English to more closely match its Latin etymon. Compare also Danish favør (“favor”), Irish fabhar (“favor”), from the same Romance source.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfeɪ.vɚ/
- British English: /ˈfeɪ.və/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
curry favor
every good boy deserves favor
fall out of favor
favor bank
grace and favor
in favor with
in favor → in favor of
in something's favor