Etymology

barista

ba·ris·ta
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Today it means: A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers. Full definition →

Italian barista ← English bar
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  1. English · derived frombar
  2. Italian · borrowed frombarista“bartender”
  3. English todaybarista

Borrowed from Italian barista (“bartender”, literally “barist”), from bar (from English bar) + -ista (“-ist”); compare barman.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.