cafeteria

The story

1. Arabic · derived fromقَهْوَة“coffee”
2. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromقهوه
3. French · derived fromcafetière
4. Mexican Spanish · borrowed fromcafetería“coffeehouse”
5. English todaycafeteria

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish cafetería (“coffeehouse”), from cafetera (“coffee maker”), from French cafetière, from café, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of cafetière.

Words from the same roots