Restorer
/rɪˈstɔːrər/noun
A person or thing that restores something to a former condition.
Did you know?Restorer comes through Latin restōrāre, a verb built from re- plus the idea of standing up again, so the word’s deepest history is about making something rise back into its former state.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*steh₂-
“to stand, make stand”
Latin
Latin
restaurāre
“to repair, rebuild, renew”
Old French
Old French
restorer
“to restore, repair, re-establish”
Middle English
English
restoren
“to bring back to a former state”
Modern English
English
restorer
“a person or thing that restores”
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