Where does “cà phê trứng” come from?

cà phê trứng (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 trứng (Vietnamese): egg coffee a Hanoi specialty

Definitions

  1. egg coffee a Hanoi specialty

Ancestry of “cà phê trứng”, step by step

cà phê trứng traces back through two 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 trứng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrứngan egg
2Chinese中middle
3Proto-Sino-Tibetant/duŋnavel; centre
Every word from Arabic قهوة →Every word from Persian قهوه →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قهوه →