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.
ORIGINATING
Verb
originating
present participle of originate
Source: Wiktionary
ORIGINATE
O*rig"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Originated; p. pr. & vb. n. Originating.] Etym: [From Origin.]
Definition: To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new. A decomposition of the whole civill and political mass, for the purpose of originating a new civil order. Burke.
O*rig"i*nate, v. i.
Definition: To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act; as, the scheme originated with the governor and council.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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