Etymograph

English

restauration

Restauration comes from Late Latin restaurātiō ‘restoration, renewal’, and goes back to Latin restaurō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErestaurō1‘restore, rebuild’
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CErestaurātiō2‘restoration, renewal’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500restauracioun2
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1680restauration2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin restauratio
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English restauration
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1680, John Price: “[…]began and compleated the Restauration of our present Sovereign”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErestaurōWiktionary, Latin restauratio‘restore, rebuild’
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CErestaurātiōWiktionary, English restauration‘restoration, renewal’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500restauraciounWiktionary, English restauration
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1680restaurationWiktionary, English restauration. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1680, John Price: “[…]began and compleated the Restauration of our present Sovereign”

Linked words

through Latin restaurō ‘restore, rebuild’

restore, 2 more

through Late Latin restaurātiō ‘restoration, renewal’

restoration

Today it means

noun —

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “restauration”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin restauratio. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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