Preference
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late Middle English (in the sense ‘promotion’): from Old French, from medieval Latin praeferentia, from Latin praeferre ‘carry in front’ (see prefer).
wiktionary
From Middle French preference, from Medieval Latin preferentia. Doublet of preferans.
Morphologically prefer + -ence.
preference ( uncountable)
etymonline
preference (n.)
mid-15c., preferraunce, "advancement in position or status;" 1650s as "act of prefering," from Old French preference (14c., Modern French préférence), from Medieval Latin preferentia, from past-participle stem of Latin praeferrere "place or set before, carry in front" (see prefer). Sense of "that which one prefers, the object of choice" is from 1852.
