Where does “cafeteria” come from?

cafeteria (Portuguese) comes from Spanish cafetería, from Spanish cafetero, from Spanish café, from French café, from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه, from Persian قهوه — wine; coffee; coffee shop, café.

cafeteria (Portuguese): cafeteria type of restaurant

Definitions

  1. cafeteria type of restaurant

Ancestry of “cafeteria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcafeteríacafeteria; diner
2Spanishcafeterocoffee
3Spanishcafébrown; coffee; cafe, coffee shop
4Frenchcafécoffee; coffee colour; public house
5Italiancaffècoffee; a café
6Turkishkahvecoffee
7Ottoman Turkishقهوهcoffee
8Persianقهوهcoffee
9Arabicقهوةwine; coffee; coffee shop, café
Every word from Arabic قهوة
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