Etymology

kopi luwak

Today it means: Coffee made from the beans of coffee berries eaten, digested and defecated by civets. Full definition →

Indonesian kopi luwak ← Malay kopi ← Javanese luwak
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The story

  1. Javanese · derived fromluwak
  2. Malay · derived fromkopi
  3. Indonesian · borrowed fromkopi luwak
  4. English todaykopi luwak

Borrowed from Indonesian kopi luwak from kopi + luwak, with Indonesian kopi from Malay kopi & Indonesian luwak from Javanese luwak.

Words from the same roots

Malaykopi all →

kopikopitiam

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