Where does “cafe” come from?
cafe (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl) comes from Spanish café, from French café, from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه, from Persian قهوه, from Arabic قهوة — wine; coffee; coffee shop, café.
cafe (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl): coffee
Ancestry of “cafe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | café | brown; coffee; cafe, coffee shop |
| 2 | French | café | coffee; coffee colour; public house |
| 3 | Italian | caffè | coffee; a café |
| 4 | Turkish | kahve | coffee |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | قهوه | coffee |
| 6 | Persian | قهوه | coffee |
| 7 | Arabic | قهوة | wine; coffee; coffee shop, café |