Where does “duit kopi” come from?

duit kopi (Malay) comes from Malay kopi, from English coffee, from Dutch koffie, from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه, from Persian قهوه, from Arabic قهوة — wine; coffee; coffee shop, café.

duit kopi (Malay): coffee money; bribe

Definitions

  1. coffee money; bribe

Ancestry of “duit kopi”, step by step

duit kopi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay kopi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykopicoffee; copy; to copy
2EnglishcoffeeA beverage made by infusing the beans of the...
3Dutchkoffiecoffee
4Italiancaffècoffee; a café
5Turkishkahvecoffee
6Ottoman Turkishقهوهcoffee
7Persianقهوهcoffee
8Arabicقهوةwine; coffee; coffee shop, café

via Malay duit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayduitmoney; copper cash; coin
2DutchduitA Dutch copper coin with the value of 1⁄160 of a...
3Old Norseþveita clearing
4Proto-Germanicþwaitą
5Proto-Indo-Europeantweys-to shake, hurl, toss; to shake, agitate; to hurl,...

Words derived from “duit kopi

Every word from Arabic قهوة
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