Where does “tiền cà phê” come from?
tiền cà phê (Vietnamese) comes from Malay duit kopi, from Malay kopi, from English coffee, from Dutch koffie, from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه, from Persian قهوه — wine; coffee; coffee shop, café.
tiền cà phê (Vietnamese): bribe; coffee money
Definitions
- bribe; coffee money
Ancestry of “tiền cà phê”, step by step
tiền cà phê traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay duit kopi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | duit kopi | coffee money; bribe |
| 2 | Malay | kopi | coffee; copy; to copy |
| 3 | English | coffee | A beverage made by infusing the beans of the... |
| 4 | Dutch | koffie | coffee |
| 5 | Italian | caffè | coffee; a café |
| 6 | Turkish | kahve | coffee |
| 7 | Ottoman Turkish | قهوه | coffee |
| 8 | Persian | قهوه | coffee |
| 9 | Arabic | قهوة | wine; coffee; coffee shop, café |