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.
UMBRETTES
Noun
umbrettes
plural of umbrette
Source: Wiktionary
UMBRETTE
Um*brette", n. Etym: [F. ombrette.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: See Umber, 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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