Where does “latte” come from?
Latte comes from Italian caffè latte, from Italian caffè and Latin lac meaning milk, ultimately from Arabic قَهْوَة.
latte (English): A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed...
Definitions
- A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed...
Ancestry of “latte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | caffellatte | coffee and hot milk, served separately in two... |
| 2 | Italian | latte | milk; plural of latta |
| 3 | Italian | -eria | Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "place... |
| 4 | Spanish | -ería | Turns a noun into a store or restaurant that... |
| 5 | Latin | -āria | used to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |