Restitute

Language Log 2025-08-29

Summary:

If you're in museum administration, you will certainly know the meaning of "restitution".  But what do you do with a headline like this? "Ethiopian Heritage Authority Intensifies Push to Restitute Looted Artifacts." ENA English. Ted McClure asks: Back-formation from "restitution"? Or verb origin of "restitution"? I would have thought the verb form was "restore". I […]

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

08/29/2025, 11:30

Date published:

08/29/2025, 08:54