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+ ==Forms==
+ '''restaurātiō''' ''f'' (genitive restaurātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[restaurō]] “to restore, rebuild” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite the Digest, in legal Latin.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler's first source is perhaps an inscription.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a renewal, restoration of a condition, in legal language, as of a servitude.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ In Medieval Latin it meant restitution, compensation, and improvement, added value.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for restoring a person's condition, in medicine, and for the restoration of buildings and objects.^(DMLBS) Through Old French it gave [[en|restoration]] in the late 14th century, “a means of healing; renewing of something lost”.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 533 AD – The Digest uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''restoration'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Renewal, [[m|en|restoration]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Compensation; improvement.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[restaurō]]
+ * [[īnstaurō]]
+ * [[en|restoration]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}