Etymology

restaurant

res·tau·rant
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Today it means: An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter. Full definition →

French restaurant ← Old French restorer ← Latin restaurāre
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂u-ro-
  5. Proto-Italic*stauros
  6. Latin*staurō
  7. Latinrestaurāre
  8. Old Frenchrestorer
  9. Frenchrestaurer
  10. Frenchrestaurant
  11. English todayrestaurant

Borrowed from French restaurant, present participle of the verb restaurer, corresponding to Latin restaurans, restaurantis, present participle of restauro (“to restore”), from the name of the 'restorative' soup served in the first establishments.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.