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.
HYPOCYCLOID
hypocycloid
(noun) a line generated by a point on a circle that rolls around inside another circle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hypocycloid (plural hypocycloids)
(geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping inside the circumference of another circle.
Source: Wiktionary
Hy`po*cy"cloid, n. Etym: [Pref. hypo- + cycloid: cf. F. hypocycloïde.] (Geom.)
Definition: A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the concave side in the fixed circle. Cf. Epicycloid, and Trochoid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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