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restore

/ɹɪsˈtɔː/rih-STAWR
/ɹɪsˈtɔɹ/rih-STAWR

Meaningto restore

Common meaning: to bring back

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√STA‘stand, whence various extended forms’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 418, p. 745 · scan
  2. Latinrestaurare‘to restore’source
  3. Old Frenchrestorersource
  4. Middle Englishrestorensource
  5. Englishrestore‘to bring back’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin restaurare ‘to restore’.

Roots

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