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.
FRIDGE
Etymology 1
Clipped form of refrigerator.
Noun
fridge (plural fridges)
(informal) A refrigerator.
Verb
fridge (third-person singular simple present fridges, present participle fridging, simple past and past participle fridged)
(informal) To place inside of a refrigerator.
Etymology 2
Verb
fridge (third-person singular simple present fridges, present participle fridging, simple past and past participle fridged)
(fandom slang) To gratuitously kill, disempower, or otherwise remove a character, usually female, from a narrative, often strictly to hurt another character, usually male, and provide him with a personal motivation for fighting the antagonist(s).
Etymology 3
Verb
fridge (third-person singular simple present fridges, present participle fridging, simple past and past participle fridged)
(archaic) To rub, chafe.
Source: Wiktionary
Fridge, v. t. Etym: [AS. frician to dance, from free bold. Cf. Freak, n.]
Definition: To rub; to fray. [Obs.] Sterne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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