Where the Romanian word “cafea” comes from
From Turkish.
- DEX ’98 says
Din tc. kahve, ngr. kafés, fr. café.
→ Turkish · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Turkish (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Ottoman Turkish قهوه ← Arabic قَهْوَة
- In film dialogue
- 138 times per million words · number 597 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 11 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 25 40 39 65 70
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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