A word stems from either a Russian word быÑ?тро which means 'Hurry'. Russian soldiers occupying France after the Napoleonic Wars would frequently require that French civilians help their food quickly, shouting a word that evolved into a neologism 'Bistro' at them.

A "Russian" etymology presented above is disputed. Cossack solders occupied Paris in 1815 but the 1st recorded utilise of the word appears around 1884, almost 70 years late, & within 1892 ("bistrot"). An additional conceivable source for the word can be bistraud, the word in the Poitou dialect which means a "lesser servant." An additional conceivable source for even the word is bistouille or bistrouille, the colloquial term from northern region of France, which occurs as mixture of brandy and coffee; precisely the kinda beverage that could be served at the bistro.