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restorer

/ɹɪˈstɔːɹə/rih-STAW-rur
/ɹɪˈstɔɹɚ/rih-STAW-rur

Meaningone that restores

Common meaning: a person or thing that restores

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sta-‘stand, whence various extended forms’source
  2. Latinrestaurare‘to restore’source
  3. Old Frenchrestorersource
  4. Middle Englishrestorensource
  5. Englishrestore‘to bring back’
  6. Englishformed in English from restorerestorer‘a person or thing that restores’ · today

Sources & notes

Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: one that restores. It can be inferred from any of: restore.

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: Formed in English from restore + -er (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).

Source words

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