Where does “Kaffee” come from?

Kaffee (German) comes from French café, from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه, from Persian قهوه, from Arabic قهوة — wine; coffee; coffee shop, café.

Kaffee (German): coffee; afternoon coffee, coffee and cake

Definitions

  1. coffee; afternoon coffee, coffee and cake

Ancestry of “Kaffee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcafécoffee; coffee colour; public house
2Italiancaffècoffee; a café
3Turkishkahvecoffee
4Ottoman Turkishقهوهcoffee
5Persianقهوهcoffee
6Arabicقهوةwine; coffee; coffee shop, café

Words derived from “Kaffee”

Every word from Arabic قهوة →
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