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.
HEBRAIZED
Verb
Hebraized
simple past tense and past participle of Hebraize
Source: Wiktionary
HEBRAIZE
He"bra*ize, v. t. Etym: [Gr. hébraïser.]
Definition: To convert into the Hebrew idiom; to make Hebrew or Hebraistic. J. R. Smith.
He"bra*ize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hebraized; p. pr. & vb. n. Hebraizing.]
Definition: To speak Hebrew, or to conform to the Hebrew idiom, or to Hebrew customs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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