Etymology

caffeic

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Today it means: of, or pertaining to coffee or caffeic acid Full definition →

French caféique ← Italian caffè
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The story

  1. Italian · derived fromcaffè
  2. French · derived fromcaféique
  3. English todaycaffeic

From French caféique, from the root caffe- (“coffee”) as found in caffeine, from Italian caffè (compare also French café and German Kaffee) + -ic.

Words from the same roots

Italiancaffè all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.