favour的词源

英文词源

favour: favour: [14] Latin favēre meant ‘regard favourably, side with protect’. It came ultimately from Indo-European *dhegh-, *dhogh- ‘burn’, which also produced Latin fovēre ‘heat, cherish’ (source of English foment [15]) and English day. From it was derived the Latin noun favor, which passed into English via Old French favour. Favourite [16] came via early modern French favorit from Italian favorito, the past participle of the verb favorire ‘favour’.
=> day, foment
favour: chiefly British English spelling of favor (q.v.); for spelling, see -or. Related: Favourite; favouritism.

来源于拉丁语中由动词fovere(加热,珍爱, --也是英语foment和day的词源)派生的名词favor,进入古法语为favour,被英语借用。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：favour 词源，favour 含义。