Etymograph

English

kissa

Kissa comes from Japanese 喫茶 ‘tea house’.

  1. Japanesemodern喫茶kissa‘tea house’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2023kissa

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Japanesemodern喫茶kissa‘tea house’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2023kissa

Earliest quotation: 2023, Philip Arneill, One kissa is all it takes: Tokyo’s finest jazz haunts – in p: “Jazz kissa are niche Japanese cafes stacked with whisky,…”

Every English word from Japanese 喫茶

Today it means

noun Synonym of kissaten, a type of Japanese café.

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Etymograph / Japanese 喫茶 / kissa

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