The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
ABLACTATION
weaning, ablactation
(noun) the act of substituting other food for the mother’s milk in the diet of a child or young mammal
ablactation
(noun) the cessation of lactation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ablactation (countable and uncountable, plural ablactations)
The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young animals from their dam. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
(obsolete, horticulture) The process of grafting now called inarching, or "grafting by approach". [Attested from the late 17th century until the early 19th century.]
Source: Wiktionary
Ab`lac*ta"tion. n.
1. The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam. Blount.
2. (Hort.)
Definition: The process of grafting now called inarching, or grafting by approach.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNINFORMATIVELY
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