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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛsˈtau̯.roː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [resˈtaːu̯.ro]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''restaurō''' (present infinitive restaurāre, perfect active restaurāvī, supine restaurātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[re-]] and a verb *staurō, also in [[īnstaurō]] “to renew”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary compares [[sa|स्थूर|tr=sthūrá|t=big, strong]] and [[gem-pro|*stōraz|t=big, strong]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Tacitus' ''Annals'', of rebuilding.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Tacitus 98–115 AD.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to restore an object to its former condition, rebuild, repair, as Tacitus' restoration of buildings, and Lewis and Short say it is perhaps only post-Augustan, since the better reading in Livy is ''īnstaurāre''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Justin and Ulpian it meant to re-establish a state of affairs, renew an activity.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Döderlein explains that ''īnstituere'' is to establish a profane institution, ''īnstaurāre'' a sacred or important one.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to restore.^(Stelten 1995) Through Old French ''restorer'' it gave [[en|restore]] about 1300, and the French present participle ''restaurant'' “food that restores” gave [[en|restaurant]] by 1806.^(Etymonline) It survives in Italian ''ristorare''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of rebuilding.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of re-establishing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 1300 – English ''restore'' is recorded, through Old French.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1806 – English ''restaurant'' is recorded, from French.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|restore]], rebuild, repair.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To re-establish; to renew.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[restaurātiō]]
+ * [[restaurātor]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[īnstaurō]]
+ * [[en|restore]]
+ * [[en|restaurant]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}