restaurant

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A place where you can buy and eat meals, usually served at your table.

   That Italian restaurant serves some of the best food I've ever had.

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Simplified etymology

Restaurant entered English in the early 19th century through French. It is ultimately connected with Latin restaurare, “rebuild” or “restore.” The ancestral verb could also mean “provide food for,” referring to food’s restorative effects, and this sense gave rise to restaurant through French.

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.

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