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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

  1. Alternative form of restaurateur

Ancestry of “restauranteur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrestaurantAn eating establishment in which diners are...
2Frenchrestaurantrestaurant; present participle of restaurer
3Latinrestauransrestoring
4LatinrestauroI restore, rebuild, reestablish, renew
5Latinre-back, backwards; again; prefix added to various...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwret-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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