Etymograph

English

restobar

Blend of restaurant + bar.

A blend of restaurant + bar

Proto-Indo-European *sth₂u-ro-

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Latin restaurō ‘to restore’

Old French restorer ‘to restore’

French restaurer ‘to restore’

French restaurant

English restaurant

Vulgar Latin *barra

Old French barre ‘beam, bar, gate, barrier’

Middle English barre

English bar

Today it means

noun an establishment resembling both a bar and a restaurant.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “restobar”. 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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