Where does “washeteria” come from?
washeteria (English) comes from English cafeteria, from Spanish cafetería, from Spanish cafetero, from Spanish café, from French café, from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه — wine; coffee; coffee shop, café.
washeteria (English): Synonym of laundromat; A building that houses a...
Definitions
- Synonym of laundromat; A building that houses a...
Ancestry of “washeteria”, step by step
washeteria traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cafeteria
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cafeteria | A restaurant in which customers select their food... |
| 2 | Spanish | cafetería | cafeteria; diner |
| 3 | Spanish | cafetero | coffee |
| 4 | Spanish | café | brown; coffee; cafe, coffee shop |
| 5 | French | café | coffee; coffee colour; public house |
| 6 | Italian | caffè | coffee; a café |
| 7 | Turkish | kahve | coffee |
| 8 | Ottoman Turkish | قهوه | coffee |
| 9 | Persian | قهوه | coffee |
| 10 | Arabic | قهوة | wine; coffee; coffee shop, café |
via English wash
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wash | To clean with water; To move or erode by the... |
| 2 | Middle English | washen | — |
| 3 | Old English | wasċan | to wash |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | waskan | to wash |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | waskaną | to wash |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | watskaną | to wash, get wet |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |