restavec
English
noun
Definitions
- In Haiti, a child sent by their parents to work for another household as a domestic servant
Etymology
Borrowed from French reste-avec borrowed from Haitian, Haitian Creole restavek derived from French rester (stay), avec (with, accompanying).
Origin
French
avec
Gloss
with, accompanying
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Other
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- home run English
- avec Finnish
- avec French
- reste-avec French
- rester French
- restar Spanish, Castilian
- avec Portuguese
- アベック Japanese
- アベックホームラン Japanese
- 아베크 Japanese
- restar Ido
- räkstér Westrobothnian
- ak Haitian, Haitian Creole
- avè Haitian, Haitian Creole
- avèk Haitian, Haitian Creole
- restavek Haitian, Haitian Creole
- ek Mauritian Creole
- reste Mauritian Creole
- resté Louisiana Creole French
- ak Antillean Creole
- ak Wolof