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.
VARIATE
Etymology
Noun
variate (plural variates)
A measurable quantity capable of taking on a number of values.
A variable, often the set of x values plotted on a graph.
The measured magnitude of a variable.
Verb
variate (third-person singular simple present variates, present participle variating, simple past and past participle variated)
(ambitransitive) To alter; to vary; to make or become different.
Source: Wiktionary
Va"ri*ate, v. t. & i. Etym: [L. variatus, p. p. of variare. See Vary.]
Definition: To alter; to make different; to vary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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