The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch koffie, borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish kahve, in turn borrowed from the Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee, a brew”). The word qahwah may have originally referred to the drink’s reputation as an appetite suppressant from the word qahiya (Arabic: قَهِيَ, romanized: qahiya, lit. ‘to lack hunger’). The name qahwah is not used for the berry or plant (the products of the region), which are known in Arabic as bunn. Semitic had a root qhh “dark color”, which became a natural designation for the beverage. According to this analysis, the feminine form qahwah (also meaning “dark in color, dull(ing), dry, sour”) also had the meaning of wine, which was also often dark in color.
Doctor Toon over 3 years ago
Coffee does me more good than harm
Can’t say the same for wine
Never was much of a drinker, but sophisticated is not a word I would use to describe me when I did
bookworm0812 over 3 years ago
Sophisticated people don’t drink coffee. They drink espresso. Or cappuccino.
saxie5 over 3 years ago
I don’t drink coffee or wine. Guess I’m not sophisticated. Ha ha. :)
the humorist formerly known as Hotshot1984 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Well, Coca Cola does both for me and I am sophisticated as hell.
StackableContainers over 3 years ago
Glad I don’t like coffee or wine. I do like beer. Any sophistication drinking that? Sometimes I put it in a glass!
spaced man spliff over 3 years ago
Milk is for Babies
Wine is for Ladies
Beer is for Men
WATER’S FOR HORSES.
Brett Bydairk over 3 years ago
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch koffie, borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish kahve, in turn borrowed from the Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee, a brew”). The word qahwah may have originally referred to the drink’s reputation as an appetite suppressant from the word qahiya (Arabic: قَهِيَ, romanized: qahiya, lit. ‘to lack hunger’). The name qahwah is not used for the berry or plant (the products of the region), which are known in Arabic as bunn. Semitic had a root qhh “dark color”, which became a natural designation for the beverage. According to this analysis, the feminine form qahwah (also meaning “dark in color, dull(ing), dry, sour”) also had the meaning of wine, which was also often dark in color.