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.
BIOTECH
biotechnology, biotech
(noun) the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes; “biotechnology produced genetically altered bacteria that solved the problem”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
biotech (countable and uncountable, plural bioteches)
(uncountable) Biotechnology
(countable) A company specializing in biotechnology, or stock in such a company
Adjective
biotech (not comparable)
(informal) of, or relating to biotechnology
Source: Wiktionary
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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