Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·italian ·1940s
Cappuccino
from cappuccino
- Meaning
- Little Capuchin — the foam was thought to resemble the brown-and-white robes of Capuchin friars.
- Source word
- cappuccino
- Route into English
- Italian café culture → English-speaking countries' coffee shops by 1950s.
- Arrived
- 1940s
English borrows.
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