Where does “cà phê” come from?

cà phê (Vietnamese) comes from French café, from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه, from Persian قهوه, from Arabic قهوة — wine; coffee; coffee shop, café.

cà phê (Vietnamese): coffee

Definitions

  1. coffee

Ancestry of “cà phê”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cà phê”

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