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.
INCEPT
Etymology
Verb
incept (third-person singular simple present incepts, present participle incepting, simple past and past participle incepted)
(transitive) To take in or ingest.
(transitive) To begin.
(UK) To begin a Master of Arts degree at a university.
Anagrams
• pectin, peinct, pentic
Source: Wiktionary
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(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”
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