Where does “kapihan” come from?
kapihan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kape, 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.
kapihan (Tagalog): coffee plantation; coffee shop; café
Definitions
- coffee plantation; coffee shop; café
Ancestry of “kapihan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | kape | coffee |
| 2 | Spanish | café | brown; coffee; cafe, coffee shop |
| 3 | French | café | coffee; coffee colour; public house |
| 4 | Italian | caffè | coffee; a café |
| 5 | Turkish | kahve | coffee |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | قهوه | coffee |
| 7 | Persian | قهوه | coffee |
| 8 | Arabic | قهوة | wine; coffee; coffee shop, café |