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== Etymology ==
The word ''coffee'' entered the English language in 1582 via the [[Dutch language|Dutch]] [[Coffee|{{lang|nl|koffie| nocat = yes}}]], borrowed from the [[Ottoman Turkish language|Ottoman Turkish]] [[Kahvesi|{{lang|ota-Latn|kahve| nocat = yes}} ({{lang|ota|قهوه| nocat = yes}})]], borrowed in turn from the [[Arabic]] [[Qahwah|{{lang|ar-Latn|qahwah| nocat = yes}} ({{lang|ar|قَهْوَة| nocat = yes}})]]. Medieval Arab [[lexicographers]] traditionally held that the [[etymology]] of {{lang|ar-Latn|qahwah}} meant '[[wine]]', given its distinctly dark color, and derived from the verb {{lang|ar-Latn|qahiya}} ({{lang|ar|قَهِيَ}}), '[[Anorectic|to have no appetite]]'. The word {{lang|ar-Latn|qahwah}} most likely meant 'dark', referring to the brew or the bean. Semitic languages had the root ''qhh'', "dark color", which became a natural designation for the beverage. There is no evidence that the word {{lang|ar-Latn|qahwah}} was named after the Ethiopian province of [[Kaffa Province|Kaffa]] (a part of where coffee originates from: [[Abyssinia]]), or any significant authority stating the opposite, or that it is traced to the Arabic {{lang|ar-Latn|quwwa}} ("power").
A different term for 'coffee', widespread in [[languages of Ethiopia]], is ''buna'', ''bun'', ''būn'' or ''buni'' (depending on the language). Most often the word group has been assumed to originate from Arabic {{lang|ar-Latn|bunn}} ({{lang|ar|بن}}) meaning specifically the coffee bean, but indigenous origin in [[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]] has been proposed as a possibility as well.

Translations:History of coffee/5/en - Revision history

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