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.
PALAETIOLOGY
paletiology, palaetiology
(noun) the explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes (as geological causes)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Pa*læ`ti*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Palæo- + ætiology.]
Definition: The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past condition and changes of the earth.
– Pa*læ`ti*o*log"ic*al, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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