Etymologically

restituição

Etymology and origin of the Portuguese word restituição

Confidence
Established
Formation
Borrowing
First attested
1274 a document, spelt restituçom More words from the 13th century
Borrowed from
Latin restitutio
Ultimate origin
Latin statuō
Etymology tree
inherited borrowed derived
Latin stātus
Portuguese estado
Spanish estado
English state
English status
French état
German Staat
Italian stato
Aromanian stat
Romanian stat
Latin statuō
Latin restituō
Italian restituire
Latin restitūtiō
English restitution
Portuguese restituição
Spanish restitución
From the same root
English interstate ← state
English reinstate ← state
English statehood ← state
English statement ← state
English statesman ← state
English upstate ← state
German staatlich ← Staat
Latin cōnstituō ← statuō
Latin dēstituō ← statuō
Latin īnstituō ← statuō
Latin praestituō ← statuō
Latin prōstituō ← statuō
Latin statua ← statuō
Latin statūtum ← statuō
Latin substituō ← statuō

Pronunciation

  • Brazil: /ʁes.t͡ʃi.tu.iˈsɐ̃w̃/, [hes.t͡ʃi.tu.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /ʁes.t͡ʃi.tujˈsɐ̃w̃/[1]
  • Rio-de-Janeiro: /ʁeʃ.t͡ʃi.tu.iˈsɐ̃w̃/, [χeʃ.t͡ʃi.tu.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /ʁeʃ.t͡ʃi.tujˈsɐ̃w̃/[1]
  • Portugal: /ʁɨʃ.ti.tujˈsɐ̃w̃/[1]

Forms

restituição f (plural restituições)[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from Latin restitūtiō (“restoration, rebuilding; giving back”), the noun of restituō (“to restore, give back”).[2][3][1][4] Nascentes calls it semi-learned.[5] The first spellings are Old Galician-Portuguese restituçom in 1274 and restituizon in 1324.[5][6] The Latin verb is formed with re- (“again”) on statuō (“to set up”).[1]

The same Latin noun was taken as Galician restitución, Spanish restitución, Catalan restitució, French restitution and Italian restituzione.[1][7]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record, from 1274, is a legal one: que nõ possamos demandar restituçom “that we may not claim restitution”, the renunciation of a claim to have a contract undone.[6][2] In 1324 and 1489 the word appears in the formula beneficio de restituizon, the legal benefit of restitution.[6]

Semantic evolution

Morais (1813) gives the act of restoring something and, in law, putting a person back in the state and rights he had, as in the restitution of a minor whose contract harmed him.[8] Vieira quotes the Arte de Furtar on stolen goods that carry an obligation of restitution.[9] Houaiss adds the repayment of a loan, the restoring of a painting's colours, and the custom by which a pope gave the cardinal's hat to a relative of his predecessor.[2] In Brazil the word is used for the refund of overpaid income tax, and in astronomy for the return of a planet to its apsis.[10][11]

Timeline

  • 1274 – restituçom in a document.[6][2]
  • 1324 – a beneficio de restituizon.[6]
  • 15th century – the spellings restituçõ, restituiçom and restituyçam.[2]
  • 1569 – Cardoso glosses it with Latin restitutio.[12]
  • 1570 – a private letter of that year or earlier writes restutican.[13]
  • 1611 – Barbosa lists Restituição.[14]
  • 1813 – Morais gives the legal sense of restoring a minor's rights.[8]

Meanings

Noun

  1. The act or result of restoring something.[2][15]
  2. The giving back of something to its rightful owner, restitution.[2][15][1]
  3. The repayment of a loan or debt; a refund.[2][15][1]
  4. A return to an earlier state; rehabilitation, reinstatement.[2][16]
  5. The act of restoring something to its original condition; restoration.[2]
  6. (Brazil) The refund of income tax paid in excess.[10]
  7. (astronomy) The return of a planet to its apsis.[11][17]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Houaiss, Antônio; Villar, Mauro de Salles (2001), Dicionário Houaiss da língua portuguesa, Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, p. s.v. restituição
  3. ^ Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2010), Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa, 4th ed., Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon, p. s.v. restituição
  4. ^ Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. s.v. restitūtiō
  5. ^ a b Nascentes, Antenor (1966), Dicionário etimológico resumido, Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Nacional do Livro, p. s.v. restituição
  6. ^ a b c d e Instituto da Lingua Galega, Dicionario de dicionarios do galego medieval (DDGM), ed. Ernesto González Seoane, Santiago de Compostela: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, https://ilg.usc.gal/ddgm, p. s.v. restituçom
  7. ^ Real Academia Española; Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española (2014–), Diccionario de la lengua española, 23rd ed., online version 23.8, https://dle.rae.es, p. s.v. restitución
  8. ^ a b Silva, António de Morais (1813), Diccionario da lingua portugueza, 2nd ed., 2 vols., Lisboa: Typographia Lacerdina, p. 2, 617
  9. ^ Vieira, Frei Domingos (1871–1874), Grande Diccionario Portuguez ou Thesouro da lingua portugueza, 5 vols., Porto: Ernesto Chardron e Bartholomeu H. de Moraes, p. 5, 262
  10. ^ a b Wikcionário (Portuguese Wiktionary), pt.wiktionary.org, p. s.v. restituição
  11. ^ a b Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, revised online edition (2023–) of the Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa Contemporânea (2001), https://dicionario.acad-ciencias.pt, p. s.v. restituição
  12. ^ Cardoso, Jerónimo (1569–1570), Dictionarium ex lusitanico in latinum sermonem, Lisboa: João Álvares (CLP transcription, Universidade de Aveiro), p. s.v. restituição
  13. ^ CLUL (ed.) (2014), P.S. Post Scriptum: Arquivo Digital de Escrita Quotidiana em Portugal e Espanha na Época Moderna, Lisboa: Centro de Linguística da Universidade de Lisboa, http://ps.clul.ul.pt, p. s.v. restituição
  14. ^ Barbosa, Agostinho (1611), Dictionarium lusitanicolatinum, Braga: Fructuoso Lourenço de Basto (CLP transcription, Universidade de Aveiro), p. s.v. restituição
  15. ^ a b c Ferreira, Aurélio Buarque de Holanda, Novo dicionário Aurélio da língua portuguesa, digital edition, p. s.v. restituição
  16. ^ Porto Editora (2013), Grande Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, Porto: Porto Editora, p. 8059
  17. ^ Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa, Lisboa: Priberam Informática, https://dicionario.priberam.org, p. s.v. restituição

Related etymologies

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“Restituição.” Etymologically, 15 Nov. 2026, etymologically.com/pt/restitui%C3%A7%C3%A3o. Accessed 16 Nov. 2026.

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