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.
MODULATOR
Etymology
Noun
modulator (plural modulators)
A person who modulates.
A device or thing that modulates.
(music) A chart in the tonic sol-fa notation on which the modulations or changes from one scale to another are shown by the relative position of the notes.
Source: Wiktionary
Mod"u*la`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Definition: One who, or that which, modulates. Denham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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