Etymology

impresstaurant

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Today it means: An upscale restaurant where one might take somebody to impress them. Full definition →

English restaurant ← French restaurant ← Old French restorer
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*per-?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pres-
  7. Proto-Italic*pres-
  8. Latinpremō
  9. Latinimprimō
  10. Latinimpressus
  11. Middle Englishimpressen
  12. Englishimpress
  13. Proto-Italic*wre-
  14. Latinre-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂u-ro-
  17. Proto-Italic*stauros
  18. Latin*staurō
  19. Latinrestaurāre
  20. Old Frenchrestorer
  21. Frenchrestaurer
  22. Frenchrestaurant
  23. Englishrestaurant
  24. English todayimpresstaurant

Blend of impress + restaurant.

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