Where does “Kaffeehausliteratur” come from?

Kaffeehausliteratur (German) comes from German Literatur, from Dutch literatuur, from French littérature, from Latin litterātūra, from Latin littera, from Latin lītera, from Old Latin leitera, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

Kaffeehausliteratur (German): literature produced in coffeehouses, especially in Vienna at the close of the 19th c

Definitions

  1. literature produced in coffeehouses, especially in Vienna at the close of the 19th c

Ancestry of “Kaffeehausliteratur”, step by step

Kaffeehausliteratur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Literatur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLiteraturliterature
2Dutchliteratuurliterature
3Frenchlittératureliterature
4Latinlitterātūralettering; alphabet
5Latinlitteraa letter of the alphabet; handwriting; letter,...
6Latinlītera
7Old Latinleitera
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

via German Kaffeehaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKaffeehauscoffeehouse
2GermanKaffeecoffee; afternoon coffee, coffee and cake
3Frenchcafécoffee; coffee colour; public house
4Italiancaffècoffee; a café
5Turkishkahvecoffee
6Ottoman Turkishقهوهcoffee
7Persianقهوهcoffee
8Arabicقهوةwine; coffee; coffee shop, café
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂-
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