Where does “cafetería” come from?

cafetería (Spanish) comes from Spanish cafetero, 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.

cafetería (Spanish): cafeteria; diner

Definitions

  1. cafeteria; diner

Ancestry of “cafetería”, step by step

cafetería traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish cafetero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcafeterocoffee
2Spanishcafébrown; coffee; cafe, coffee shop
3Frenchcafécoffee; coffee colour; public house
4Italiancaffècoffee; a café
5Turkishkahvecoffee
6Ottoman Turkishقهوهcoffee
7Persianقهوهcoffee
8Arabicقهوةwine; coffee; coffee shop, café

via Spanish cafetera

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcafeteracoffeemaker; coffeepot; bucket of bolts
2Frenchcafetièrecoffee pot; female equivalent of cafetier
3French-ièrefemale equivalent of -ier

Words derived from “cafetería”

Every word from Arabic قهوة →Every word from Persian قهوه →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قهوه →