The word "tavern" is considered obsolete. In the modern world, such institutions are no longer left. More precisely, they are, but they have completely different names. They can be designed as taverns, but the very essence of the institution of the past is completely absent. What is a tavern and how special was this place? What are the synonyms of this word and where it came from, you will find out below.
Word history
Now there are a fairly large number of restaurants and cafes, in the names of which the word "tavern" is present. Now this concept is perceived as a place where you can eat and relax. In modern tavernas, a special style of past centuries has been created, most often they are equipped in a certain style, antique.
Tavern in Russia called the very first restaurants. Most often they were at hotels and inns. There were no gourmet dishes, the food was simple. In tavernas most often there were people traveling, thieves, bandits. This was a place - not for small talk. They drank alcohol, smoked pipes. It happened that fights started.
Etymology
The word "tavern" is outdated and vernacular. It comes from the word "grub." In Ukrainian, this word denotes food and in general edibles. However, this word has a hint of rudeness. This is not just food specially prepared, but precisely what is, what is left. Kharchi are understood as ordinary food - bread and lard. It was this kind of food that was fed earlier in taverns - very simple.
Initially, the Old Russian word "grub" existed. It was translated as food. That is, such edible supplies that were procured for the future. These are, rather, the ingredients from which the dishes were prepared. Kharchi was perceived as generally edible.
So the word "tavern" came from this. In such institutions, they initially fed what was, that is, without much choice and without culinary delights.
Synonyms and examples of use
There are a lot of synonyms for the word "tavern". If we understand it as a place where you can eat and drink, then we can give the following synonyms:
- tavern;
- tavern;
- snack bar;
- canteen;
- a restaurant;
- bar.
In everyday speech, you can use this word in situations such as:
- Tavern is not a place for decent young ladies.
- After the service, the officer fell into a tavern to drink a couple of glasses of strong drinks.
- And I thought it was a decent institution ... Tavern and more!
This word has an unpleasant connotation. Tavern is a place where dishes and local contingent leave much to be desired.