favourite

Meanings

1. Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.)
2. Liked, cherished.

1. A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
2. A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
3. A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
4. A bookmark on a web browser or website.
5. A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.

1. To favour.
2. To bookmark.
3. To add to one's list of favourite items on a website that allows users to compile such lists.

Etymology

Attested from the 1580s, borrowed from Middle French favorit, from Old French favorit or Italian favorito (“favoured, favourite”), past participle of Italian favorire (“to favor”), from favore, from Latin favor (“good will, favor”), from the verb faveō (“to favour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂weh₁yeti (“to be favourable to”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”). Doublet of favori.

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