Etymology

cafetière

Today it means: A cylindrical glass or metal jug, fitted with a filter on a rod, used to make coffee. Full definition →

French cafetière ← Italian caffè ← Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve)
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Arabicقَهْوَة (qahwa)
  2. Ottoman Turkishقهوه (kahve)
  3. Italiancaffè
  4. Frenchcafé
  5. Frenchcafetière
  6. English todaycafetière

Borrowed from French cafetière.

Words from the same roots

Frenchcafetière all →

cafeteria

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.