Where does “Tanzcafé” come from?

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

Tanzcafé (German): café with dancing

Definitions

  1. café with dancing

Ancestry of “Tanzcafé”, step by step

Tanzcafé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Café

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

via German tanzen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantanzento dance
2Middle High Germantanzen—
3Middle Dutchdansento dance
4Old Frenchdancierto dance
5Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—
Every word from Arabic قهوة →