English
restitute
Restitute comes from Latin restituō ‘replace, restore’, from statuō ‘set up’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *statuō.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*statuō‘to erect, set up’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatuō‘set up’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErestituō‘replace, restore’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400restituer
- Englishearliest quotation 1922restitute
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*statuō‘to erect, set up’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatuō‘set up’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErestituō‘replace, restore’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400restituer
- Englishearliest quotation 1922restitute
Earliest quotation: 1922, James Joyce, [Episode 17]: “[…] when Frederick M. (Bantam) Lyons had rapidly and…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’
post, system, stay, stand, distance, assistant, stadium, assistance, instance, stood, stable, assist, consistent, establishment, instant, establish, substance, distant, contest, stability, arrest, stem, insist, destination, consist, static, destiny, resist, persistent, testimony, persist, stationary, stool, stud, extant, stale, stamina, distal, armistice, subsistence, 151 more
through Proto-Italic *status ‘setting up’
state, statuette, estado, 5 more
through Latin statuō ‘set up’
institute, constitution, statue, institution, substitute, statute, prostitution, constituent, constitute, substitution, prostitute, destitute, destitution, 5 more
Today it means
verb To restore (something) to its former condition.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *statuō / restitute