Etymograph

English

estiatorio

Estiatorio comes from Greek εστιατόριο ‘restaurant’, from Koine Greek ἑστιατόριον ‘dining room, banqueting hall’, and ultimately from Ancient Greek ἑστίᾶσις ‘a feasting’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἑστίᾶσις‘a feasting’
  2. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEἑστιατόριον‘dining room, banqueting hall’
  3. Greek1453–presentεστιατόριοestiatório‘restaurant’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2010estiatorio

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἑστίᾶσις‘a feasting’
  2. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEἑστιατόριον‘dining room, banqueting hall’
  3. Greek1453–presentεστιατόριοestiatório‘restaurant’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2010estiatorio

Earliest quotation: 2010, John Fisher, Geoff Garvey: “Estiatoria are very similar to tavernas but tend to…”

Every English word from Ancient Greek ἑστίᾶσις

Today it means

noun A Greek restaurant, especially one that is more upmarket and elaborate than a taverna.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἑστίᾶσις / estiatorio

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