Where does “kopi” come from?
kopi (Malay) comes 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.
kopi (Malay): coffee; copy; to copy
Definitions
- coffee; copy; to copy
Ancestry of “kopi”, step by step
kopi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English coffee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coffee | A beverage made by infusing the beans of the... |
| 2 | Dutch | koffie | coffee |
| 3 | Italian | caffè | coffee; a café |
| 4 | Turkish | kahve | coffee |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | قهوه | coffee |
| 6 | Persian | قهوه | coffee |
| 7 | Arabic | قهوة | wine; coffee; coffee shop, café |
via Sanskrit कूप
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | कूप | a well; a hole dug in the ground as a source of... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | kúHpas | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kúHpas | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kúHp-o-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kuHp- | water vessel; water vessel; hollow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kew- | to swell; skin, complexion; to bend, to be bent |