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Latte

2 stages from Italian to English.

Today it means a coffee drink made with espresso and steamed milk
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Stage 1 of 2
caffe latte
Italian · 1800s
"milk coffee"
literally milk coffee, espresso mixed with steamed milk
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Stage 2 of 2
latte
English · 1980s
"coffee made with espresso and steamed milk"
shortened and adopted as the name for the espresso-and-milk drink
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