favor Latin · revision 4523

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *bʰh₂u̯-eh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfa.wɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfaː.vor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''favor''' ''m'' (genitive favōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|faveō|-or|t1=to be favourable]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan derives ''faveō'' from [[itc-pro|*faw-ē-]], [[ine-pro|*bʰh₂u̯-eh₁-|t=to be favourable to]], and compares [[sga|báe|t=profit, benefit]].^(de Vaan 2008) Etymonline says Cicero coined it, and Lewis & Short cite a remark that Cicero regarded it as new.^(Etymonline)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero, in the Pro Sestio, speaks of a man led by rumour and, as they say, the favour of the people.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was goodwill towards a person or thing, and above all popular favour, as Cicero praises the favour the actor Panurgus brought to the stage.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It also meant partiality in a dispute, as Livy speaks of suspicion of favour towards the king, keen support for a cause, and the display of favour, applause, even fanatic admiration for an actor.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that it is rare in Cicero, absent in Caesar and frequent from the Augustan period.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In medieval Latin it meant goodwill and benefit, and in feudal law the lord's consent to the sale of a fief.^(MLW)^(Niermeyer 1976) British writers also used it of a favour or boon.^(DMLBS) [[en|favor]] is recorded around 1300.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of popular favour.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of partiality and support.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''favor'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Goodwill, [[m|en|favour]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Popular favour.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|Partiality]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Keen support.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Applause, an enthusiastic reception.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A lord's consent to the sale of a [[m|en|fief]]; a boon.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[favōrābilis]]

+ * [[favōrātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[faveo|alt=faveō]]

+ * [[fautor]]

+ * [[en|favor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}