Where does “restauranteur” come from?
restauranteur (English) comes from English 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.
restauranteur (English): Alternative form of restaurateur
Definitions
- Alternative form of restaurateur
Ancestry of “restauranteur”, step by step
restauranteur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English restaurant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | restaurant | An eating establishment in which diners are... |
| 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 |
via English restaurateur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | restaurateur | The owner of a restaurant |
| 2 | French | restaurateur | restorer; restaurateur, restaurant owner |
| 3 | French | -ateur | -ator |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |