Where does “cà phê sữa đá” come from?

cà phê sữa đá (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cà phê, 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 sữa đá (Vietnamese): a Vietnamese coffee drink made with brewed coffee, sweetened condensed milk, and ice

Definitions

  1. a Vietnamese coffee drink made with brewed coffee, sweetened condensed milk, and ice

Ancestry of “cà phê sữa đá”, step by step

cà phê sữa đá traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cà phê

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

via Vietnamese đá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđárock, stone; ice as used for consumption or...
2Chinese
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanl-tjwamouth; beak; food; stomach; mouth, beak, food,...

via Vietnamese sữa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesữamilk
2Proto-Vieticp-rahmilk
Every word from Arabic قهوة