Etymology

coffee pause

Today it means: A coffee break. Full definition →

Finnish kahvipaussi ← French pause-café ← German Kaffeepause
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. German · calque ofKaffeepause
  2. French · calque ofpause-café
  3. Finnish · calque ofkahvitauko
  4. Finnish · calque ofkahvipaussi
  5. English todaycoffee pause

Calque of Finnish kahvipaussi, Finnish kahvitauko, French pause-café, or German Kaffeepause.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.