Where does “java” come from?

Java derives from Sanskrit यव-द्वीप, a compound of यव (yava, barley) and द्वीप (dvīpa, island).

java (English): A blend of coffee imported from the island of...

Definitions

  1. A blend of coffee imported from the island of...

Ancestry of “java”, step by step

java traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Javanese Jawa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JavaneseJawaJavanese: an indigenous language spoken by Javanese people
2Old Javanesejawagrain
3Sanskritयवbarley; grain, cereal; name for island of Java,...
4Proto-Indo-Iranianyáwasbarley; cereal, grain
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyéwoscereal, grain; barley, spelt
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyew-to mix

via French Java

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchJavaJava Island

Words derived from “java”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yéwos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian yáwas →