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...
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- A beverage made by infusing the beans of the...
Ancestry of “coffee”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | koffie | coffee |
| 2 | Italian | caffè | coffee; a café |
| 3 | Turkish | kahve | coffee |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | قهوه | coffee |
| 5 | Persian | قهوه | coffee |
| 6 | Arabic | قهوة | wine; coffee; coffee shop, café |
Words derived from “coffee”