Etymology

kopi money

Malay duit kopi ← English coffee
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The story

  1. English · derived fromcoffee
  2. Malay · borrowed fromkopi
  3. Malay · calque ofduit kopi
  4. English todaykopi money

Calque of Malay duit kopi. By surface analysis, kopi + money. kopi itself comes from Malay kopi, which is itself from English coffee.

Words from the same roots

Malayduit kopi all →

coffee money

Malaykopi all →

kopikopitiamkopi luwak

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