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A person who owns and manages a restaurant is called a restaurateur. Notice anything strange about that word, especially when compared to "restaurant"?

If you're wondering why there's no "n" after the second "a" in "restaurateur," you're not alone. A listener recently asked us, why "restaurant" has an "n" but "restaurateur" does not.

What happened to that "n?" Even though it seems logical¹ that a restaurant owner would be called a "restauranteur," somehow that "n" got lost along the way.

However, when it comes to "restaurant" and "restaurateur," "restaurateur" is actually the older of the two. Therefore, what we should be asking is where did that "n" come from?

Both of these words go back to the same French verb "restaurer" which means "to restore²." A restaurateur could be a person who repaired objects; it could be an assistant to a surgeon, or someone who helped to repair broken bones. Basically³, a restorer⁴.

By the mid-1700s in French, a "restaurateur" could also be a person who made a restorative soup called "restaurant." The soup was made with meat juices and thought to be medicinal. At some point in French, "restaurant" came to mean a place that served this special soup. Eventually, a "restaurant" could be any place to eat.

"Restaurateur" comes into English from French at the end of the 18th century. It referred to a person who owns and manages a restaurant, except that a "restaurateur" could also refer to the restaurant itself.

"Restaurant" doesn't make its way into English until 1806. From there, it's not hard to see why someone would want to say "restauranteur." However, for now it seems as though people prefer to make a distinction between "restaurateur" and "restaurant."

1 logical   

adj.逻辑(上)的，符合逻辑的；合乎常理的

参考例句：

• It is logical that the book is expensive.书贵是很自然的事。
• This is undoubtedly logical.这显然是顺理成章的。

2 restore   

vt.把…恢复原状；归还，交还

参考例句：

• A good rest will restore you to health.好好休息一下可使你恢复健康。
• His recent success has helped to restore his faith in his own ability.他最近取得的成功使他恢复了对自己能力的信任。

3 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

4 restorer   

n.修补者，修建者

参考例句：

• It can be modified by nuclear restorer genes. 它可由核中的恢复子基因所改变。 来自辞典例句
• A three-phase four-inverter topology for Dynamic Voltage Restorer(DVR) was applied. 将一种三相四桥臂逆变器的拓扑结构应用于动态电压恢复器主电路。 来自互联网