Where does “restobar” come from?
restobar (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.
restobar (English): an establishment resembling both a bar and a restaurant
Definitions
- an establishment resembling both a bar and a restaurant
Ancestry of “restobar”, step by step
restobar 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 Bar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 2 | German | bär | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 4 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |