restaurant.
An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
Meaning & usage
An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
That Italian restaurant serves some of the best food I've ever had in my life.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *sth₂u-ro-der. Proto-Italic *stauros Latin *staurō Latin restaurārebor. Old French restorer French restaurer French restaurantbor. English restaurant 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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