Where does “restore” come from?

Restore comes from Middle English restoren, from Old French restorer, from Latin restauro (re- "again" plus a form from Proto-Italic wre and Proto-Indo-European wert-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wer- meaning "to turn."

restore (English): To reestablish, or bring back into existence; To...

Definitions

  1. To reestablish, or bring back into existence; To...

Ancestry of “restore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishrestoren—
2Old Frenchrestorerto restore
3Latinrēstaurōto restore
4Latinrĕ-back, backwards
5Proto-Italic*wre-re-, more specifically

Words derived from “restore”

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