Where does “quán cà phê” come from?

quán cà phê (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.

quán cà phê (Vietnamese): coffee shop, coffee bar, coffee house, café, an...

Definitions

  1. coffee shop, coffee bar, coffee house, café, an...

Ancestry of “quán cà phê”, step by step

quán cà phê 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 quân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesequântroops, army
2Proto-Mon-Khmerwən(ʔ)coiled, to wind, bend; coiled; to wind, bend
Every word from Arabic قهوة →Every word from Persian قهوه →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قهوه →