Where does “koffietafel” come from?

koffietafel (Dutch) comes from Dutch koffie, from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه, from Persian قهوه, from Arabic قهوة — wine; coffee; coffee shop, café.

koffietafel (Dutch): coffee table

Definitions

  1. coffee table

Ancestry of “koffietafel”, step by step

koffietafel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch koffie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkoffiecoffee
2Italiancaffècoffee; a café
3Turkishkahvecoffee
4Ottoman Turkishقهوهcoffee
5Persianقهوهcoffee
6Arabicقهوةwine; coffee; coffee shop, café

via Dutch tafel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtafeltable; meal, spread on table; multiplication...
2Middle Dutchtâfeletable (flat surface with legs)
3Old Dutchtavalaplank
4Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
5Proto-Italic*taðlāboard
Every word from Arabic قهوة