Where does “coffee cake” come from?

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

coffee cake (English): Any cake flavoured with coffee; Any cake designed...

Definitions

  1. Any cake flavoured with coffee; Any cake designed...

Ancestry of “coffee cake”, step by step

coffee cake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English coffee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcoffeeA beverage made by infusing the beans of the...
2Dutchkoffiecoffee
3Italiancaffècoffee; a café
4Turkishkahvecoffee
5Ottoman Turkishقهوهcoffee
6Persianقهوهcoffee
7Arabicقهوةwine; coffee; coffee shop, café

via English cake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcakeA rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of...
2Middle Englishcakecake; A cake prepared to cure disease or illness;...
3Old Norsekakacake
4Proto-Germanickakǭcake
5Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump
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