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English word cafeteria ultimately comes from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (qahwa - coffe), and derives its prefix from later American Spanish cafetería (coffeehouse)
قهوه (Ottoman Turkish)
caffè (Italian)
A cafe. Coffee (plant and drink).
café (French)
Cafe, coffee shop. Coffee (drink). Coffee colour. Public house Of the colour of coffee.
café (Spanish)
Cafe, coffee shop. Coffee Brown.
cafetière (French)
Coffee pot.
cafetero (Spanish)
(attributive) coffee.
cafetera (Spanish)
Coffeemaker (kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee). Coffeepot (vessel for preparing or serving coffee).
cafetería (Spanish)
Cafeteria.
cafeteria (English)
A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above) or brought in from elsewhere. A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.