Where does “restaurantland” come from?
restaurantland (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.
restaurantland (English): The world of restaurants
Definitions
- The world of restaurants
Ancestry of “restaurantland”, step by step
restaurantland 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 |