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.
OAT
oat
(noun) seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as ‘oats’)
oat
(noun) annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: ‘oats’)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
oat (countable and uncountable, plural oats)
(uncountable) Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.
(countable) Any of the numerous species, varieties, or cultivars of any of several similar grain plants in genus Avena.
(usually, as plural) The seeds of the oat, a grain, harvested as a food crop.
A simple musical pipe made of oat-straw.
Anagrams
• AOT, ATO, OTA, Ota, TAO, Tao, To'a, tao, toa
Source: Wiktionary
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