Where does “gahwé” come from?

gahwé (Jemez) comes from Spanish 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.

gahwé (Jemez): coffee

Definitions

  1. coffee

Ancestry of “gahwé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcafébrown; coffee; cafe, coffee shop
2Frenchcafécoffee; coffee colour; public house
3Italiancaffècoffee; a café
4Turkishkahvecoffee
5Ottoman Turkishقهوهcoffee
6Persianقهوهcoffee
7Arabicقهوةwine; coffee; coffee shop, café
Every word from Arabic قهوة
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