Where does “chafé” come from?

chafé (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese chá, from Old Portuguese chãa, from Latin plāna, from Latin plānus, from Ancient Greek πλάνος, from Ancient Greek πλανάω, from Proto-Indo-European pl-néh₂-ti.

chafé (Portuguese): weak, watered-down coffee

Definitions

weak, watered-down coffee

Ancestry of “chafé”, step by step

chafé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese chá

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Portuguese	chá	tea plant; tea; a late afternoon meal
2	Old Portuguese	chãa	—
3	Latin	plāna	smoothing plane
4	Latin	plānus	level, flat, even
5	Ancient Greek	πλάνος	wandering
6	Ancient Greek	πλανάω	to make to wander, lead wandering about; to lead...
7	Proto-Indo-European	pl-néh₂-ti	—

via Portuguese café

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Portuguese	café	coffee; a café, an establishment selling coffee...
2	French	café	coffee; coffee colour; public house
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

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl-néh₂-ti →Every word from Ancient Greek πλανάω →Every word from Ancient Greek πλάνος →