Where does “fastfoodrestaurant” come from?
fastfoodrestaurant (Dutch) comes from Dutch restaurant, from French restaurant, from Latin restaurans, from Latin restauro, from Latin re-, from Proto-Indo-European wret-, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
fastfoodrestaurant (Dutch): fast-food restaurant
Definitions
- fast-food restaurant
Ancestry of “fastfoodrestaurant”, step by step
fastfoodrestaurant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch restaurant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | restaurant | restaurant |
| 2 | French | restaurant | restaurant; present participle of restaurer |
| 3 | Latin | restaurans | restoring |
| 4 | Latin | restauro | I restore, rebuild, reestablish, renew |
| 5 | Latin | re- | back, backwards; again; prefix added to various... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wret- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |