Now for the French viewpoint. Jardin[3] opines that, as regards the etymology of the word coffee, scholars are not agreed and perhaps never will be. Dufour[4] says the word is derived from _caouhe_, a name given by the Turks to the beverage prepared from the seed. Chevalier d'Arvieux, French consul at Alet, Savary, and Trevoux, in his dictionary, think that coffee comes from the Arabic, but from the word _cahoueh_ or _quaweh_, meaning to give vigor or strength, because, says d'Arvieux, its most general effect is to fortify and strengthen. Tavernier combats this opinion. Moseley attributes the origin of the word coffee to Kaffa. Sylvestre de Sacy, in his _Chrestomathie Arabe_, published in 1806, thinks that the word _kahwa_, synonymous with _makli_, roasted in a stove, might very well be the etymology of the word coffee. D'Alembert in his encyclopedic dictionary, writes the word _caffe_. Jardin concludes that whatever there may be in these various etymologies, it remains a fact that the word coffee comes from an Arabian word, whether it be _kahua_, _kahoueh_, _kaffa_ or _kahwa_, and that the peoples who have adopted the drink have all modified the Arabian word to suit their pronunciation. This is shown by giving the word as written in various modern languages: French, _cafe_; Breton, _kafe_; German, _kaffee_ (coffee tree, _kaffeebaum_); Dutch, _koffie_ (coffee tree, _koffieboonen_); Danish, _kaffe_; Finnish, _kahvi_; Hungarian, _kave_; Bohemian, _kava_; Polish, _kawa_; Roumanian, _cafea_; Croatian, _kafa_; Servian, _kava_; Russian, _kophe_; Swedish, _kaffe_; Spanish, _cafe_; Basque, _kaffia_; Italian, _caffe_; Portuguese, _cafe_; Latin (scientific), _coffea_; Turkish, _kahue_; Greek, _kafeo_; Arabic, _qahwah_ (coffee berry, _bun_); Persian, _qehve_ (coffee berry, _bun_[5]); Annamite, _ca-phe_; Cambodian, _kafe_; Dukni[6], _bunbund_[7]; Teluyan[8], _kapri-vittulu_; Tamil[9], _kapi-kottai_ or _kopi_; Canareze[10], _kapi-bija_; Chinese, _kia-fey_, _teoutse_; Japanese, _kehi_; Malayan, _kawa_, _koppi_; Abyssinian, _bonn_[11]; Foulak, _legal cafe_[12]; Sousou, _houri caff_[13]; Marquesan, _kapi_; Chinook[14], _kaufee_; Volapuk, _kaf_; Esperanto, _kafva_. [Illustration: THE FAIRY BEAUTY OF A COFFEE TREE IN FLOWER] CHAPTER II HISTORY OF COFFEE PROPAGATION _A brief account of the cultivation of the coffee plant in the Old World and its introduction into the New--A romantic coffee adventure_ The history of the propagation of the coffee plant is closely interwoven with that of the early history of coffee drinking, but for the purposes of this chapter we shall consider only the story of the inception and growth of the cultivation of the coffee tree, or shrub, bearing the seeds, or berries, from which the drink, coffee, is made.