Where does “kalter Kaffee” come from?

kalter Kaffee (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.

kalter Kaffee (German): old hat something very familiar and therefore no longer interesting

Definitions

  1. old hat something very familiar and therefore no longer interesting

Ancestry of “kalter Kaffee”, step by step

kalter Kaffee 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 kalt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankaltcold, chilly; "the physical perception of...
2Old High Germankaltcold
3Proto-West Germanickaldcold
4Proto-Germanickaldazcold
5Proto-Germanickalanąto be cold, to freeze
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow
Every word from Arabic قهوةEvery word from Persian قهوهEvery word from Ottoman Turkish قهوه
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