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 […]