Where does “cybercafé” come from?
cybercafé (Swedish) comes from Swedish 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.
cybercafé (Swedish): a cybercafé
Definitions
- a cybercafé
Ancestry of “cybercafé”, step by step
cybercafé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish café
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | café | cafe, coffee shop |
| 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 |
via English cyber
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cyber | Of, or having to do with, the Internet;... |
| 2 | English | cybernetics | The theory/science of communication and control... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κυβερνήτης | captain, steersman, pilot, navigator; guide,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |