Where does “thìa cà phê” come from?

thìa 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.

thìa cà phê (Vietnamese): teaspoon

Definitions

  1. teaspoon

Ancestry of “thìa cà phê”, step by step

thìa 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 thìa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethìaspoon
Every word from Arabic قهوة →Every word from Persian قهوه →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قهوه →