also demitasse, "small coffee cup," 1842, from French, literally "half-cup," from demi- + tasse "cup," an Old French borrowing from Arabic tassah, from Persian tasht "cup, saucer." Also from Arabic are Italian tazza, Spanish taza "cup." German Tasse is from French.
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