Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
LOANWORD
loanword, loan
(noun) a word borrowed from another language; e.g. ‘blitz’ is a German word borrowed into modern English
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
loanword (plural loanwords)
A word directly taken into one language from another one with little or no translation.
Synonyms
• borrowing
• foreign word (informal)
• gainword
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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