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.
COINCIDENCE
concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence
(noun) the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; “the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable”
coincidence
(noun) the quality of occupying the same position or area in space; “he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs”
coincidence, happenstance
(noun) an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
coincidence (countable and uncountable, plural coincidences)
Of objects, the property of being coincident; occurring at the same time or place.
Of events, the appearance of a meaningful connection when there is none.
(analysis) A coincidence point.
(geometry) A fixed point of a correspondence; a point of a variety corresponding to itself under a correspondence.
Synonyms
• (of objects and time): concurrentness, synchronicity; see also simultaneousness
• (in analysis): coincidence point
Source: Wiktionary
Co*in"ci*dence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. coïncidence.]
1. The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc. Bentley.
2. The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
3. Exact correspondence in nature, character, result, circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement. The very concurrence and coincidence of ao many evidences . . . carries a great weight. Sir M. Hale. Those who discourse . . . of the nature of truth . . . affirm a perfect coincidence between truth and goodness. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HYPOTHETICAL
(noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; “consider the following, just as a hypothetical”
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