Where does “Milchkaffee” come from?

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

Milchkaffee (German): latte; coffee with milk; café au lait

Definitions

  1. latte; coffee with milk; café au lait

Ancestry of “Milchkaffee”, step by step

Milchkaffee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kaffee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKaffeecoffee; afternoon coffee, coffee and cake
2Frenchcafécoffee; coffee colour; public house
3Italiancaffècoffee; a café
4Turkishkahvecoffee
5Ottoman Turkishقهوهcoffee
6Persianقهوهcoffee
7Arabicقهوةwine; coffee; coffee shop, café

via German milch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmilchmilk white liquid produced by female mammals for their young to consume
2Middle High Germanmilch—
3Old High Germanmiluh—
4Proto-West Germanicmelukmilk
5Proto-Germanicmeluksmilk
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂melǵ-to milk; milk
Every word from Arabic قهوة →Every word from Persian قهوه →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قهوه →