Where does “coffee” come from?

Coffee comes from Dutch koffie, from Italian caffè, from Arabic qahwah, originally denoting wine or a type of wine.

coffee (English): A beverage made by infusing the beans of the...

Definitions

  1. A beverage made by infusing the beans of the...

Ancestry of “coffee”, step by step

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

Words derived from “coffee

Every word from Arabic قهوة