Java
/ˈdʒɑːvə/noun
A programming language and platform, or a type of coffee.
Did you know?The coffee sense of Java comes from the Indonesian island of Java, once a major export hub for coffee under Dutch colonial trade, and that coffee name later got borrowed into tech slang for the programming language.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Yava
“barley”
Classical/Medieval Trade Usage
Various
Java
“the island name used in Southeast Asian and European trade contexts”
17th Century
Dutch
Java
“the Indonesian island, especially associated with coffee exports”
18th Century
English
java
“coffee”
1995
English
Java
“a programming language named after coffee”