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.
ACCOMPT
Noun
accompt (plural accompts)
(archaic) Account.
Verb
accompt (third-person singular simple present accompts, present participle accompting, simple past and past participle accompted)
(archaic) to account
Anagrams
• compact, σ-compact
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*compt" (#; formerly #), n.
Definition: See Account.
Note: Accompt, accomptant, etc., are archaic forms.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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