[dis.fa.vor] n [prob. fr. MF desfaveur, fr. des- dis- + faveur favor, fr. OF favor] (ca. 1533) 1: disapproval, dislike "practices looked upon with ~"
2: the state or fact of being no longer favored "fell into ~"
3: disadvantage
[2]disfavor vt (1570): to withhold or withdraw favor from