"predilections, preferences," 1851, plural of like (n.), which was earlier used in the singular in this sense (early 15c.).
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like n.
"a similar thing" (to another), late Old English, from like (adj.). From c. 1300 as "an equal, a match." The like "something similar" is from 1550s; the likes of is from 1630s.