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.
FLUORIDE
fluoride
(noun) a salt of hydrofluoric acid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fluoride (plural fluorides)
(chemistry) Any salt of hydrofluoric acid; for example, potassium fluoride.
(chemistry) A binary compound of fluorine and another element or radical.
Source: Wiktionary
Flu"or*ide ( or ; 104), n. Etym: [Cf. F. fluoride.] (Chem.)
Definition: A binary compound of fluorine with another element or radical. Calcium fluoride (Min.), fluorite, CaF2. See Fluorite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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