How come the word 'café' was taken into English?

Question

Why in the U S A is it said 'internet café'?

Answer 1

In English a cafe is a place to meet and drink coffee. An Internet cafe is a cafe that has Internet access.

Answer 2

Here is a Wikipedia page about Internet Cafés ----> Internet Café

Aquí está una página de Wikipedia acerca de Cibercafés ----> Cibercafé

Answer 3

I think it is just another example of the French language making it's way into English. To a native English speaker, French sounds fancy. Instead of green beans, we say haricot verts. Instead of appetizers, we say hor d'ouvres. Instead of driver, we say chauffeur. These are all examples of trying to make something fancier that what it really is.

I didn't know! The same phenomena in Mexico when using American English to name lots of things - AntMexico, Nov 29, 2010

fancier than - pesta, Nov 29, 2010

That's why houses on cul de sacs are more expensive than houses on dead ends. - KevinB, Nov 29, 2010

You are forgetting Beatrice that English came out of French therefore it is not so much using French to sound fancy but to re merge with it because we are comfortable with it. - ray76, Nov 29, 2010

Than! Thanks, Pesta. - Beatrice-Codder, Nov 29, 2010

Answer 4

Thanks for your answers. Indeed in Mexico City the Internet café business use to be set in 4 x 4 meters and drinking coffee or eating anything else is just forbidden so the name Café Internet shouldn't have included the word "Café" and many people just call that business just like "Internet" you'll hear -vamos al internet-

Answer 5

from French. café "coffee, coffeehouse," from Italian. caffe "coffee" . The first public café might have been the one opened in Marseilles in 1660.