Where does “ammazzacaffè” come from?

ammazzacaffè (Italian) comes from Italian ammazzare, from Italian a-, from Italian staccare, from Italian distaccare, from Middle French destacher, from Old French destachier, from Old French des, from Old French de — to give.

ammazzacaffè (Italian): chasse-café, pousse-café

Definitions

  1. chasse-café, pousse-café

Ancestry of “ammazzacaffè”, step by step

ammazzacaffè traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian ammazzare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianammazzareto kill, murder
2Italiana-ad-; a-
3Italianstaccareto remove, take or take down; to tear out; to...
4Italiandistaccareto separate; to remove, detach, or take off; to...
5Middle Frenchdestacherto detach; to separate
6Old Frenchdestachierto detach; to separate
7Old Frenchdes
8Old Frenchdeof; from
9Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
10Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
11Latindāre
12Proto-Italicdidōgive
13Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
14Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

via Italian caffè

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancaffècoffee; a café
2Turkishkahvecoffee
3Ottoman Turkishقهوهcoffee
4Persianقهوهcoffee
5Arabicقهوةwine; coffee; coffee shop, café
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃tiEvery word from Proto-Italic didō