Translation
restaurant
Word origin
A borrowing of the international word restaurant, from French, ultimately Latin restaurare ('to restore'): the place that restores you. Esperanto reshaped the ending to -acio.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- restaurare
- English cognates
- restaurant, restore
Examples
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We ate in a small restaurant by the river.
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Do you know a good restaurant in the city?
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The restaurant is full this evening.
is the international word wearing an Esperanto suit, and the suit matters: the stress falls on the i, resto-ra-CI-o. Do not be tempted by restaŭracio, which some dictionaries reserve for restoration work on old buildings. The staff and furniture come cheaply from the roots you know: waits the tables, you your food, and afterwards you . A humbler eatery built from pure Esperanto is a o, an eating-place.
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