Where does “restaurateur” come from?
restaurateur (French) comes from French restaurer, from Old French restorer, from Latin rēstaurō, from Latin rĕ-, from Proto-Italic *wre- — re-, more specifically.
restaurateur (French): restorer; restaurateur, restaurant owner
Definitions
- restorer; restaurateur, restaurant owner
Ancestry of “restaurateur”, step by step
restaurateur traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French restaurer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | restaurer | to restore; to dine, to eat |
| 2 | Old French | restorer | to restore |
| 3 | Latin | rēstaurō | to restore |
| 4 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *wre- | re-, more specifically |
via Latin restaurator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | restaurator | second-person singular future passive imperative... |
via Late Latin restaurātor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | restaurātor | — |