Where does “clock the tea” come from?
clock the tea (English) comes from English clock, from Middle English clokke, from Middle Dutch clocke, from Old Dutch *clocca, from Proto-West Germanic *klokkā, from Medieval Latin clocca, from Old Irish cloc, from Proto-Celtic klokkos.
clock the tea (English): To discover the truth about something
Definitions
- To discover the truth about something
Ancestry of “clock the tea”, step by step
clock the tea traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English clock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | clock | An instrument used to measure or keep track of... |
| 2 | Middle English | clokke | clock, timekeeping device |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | clocke | bell; something bell-shaped |
| 4 | Old Dutch | *clocca | bell |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *klokkā | bell |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | clocca | bell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so... |
| 7 | Old Irish | cloc | bell; clock |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | klokkos | bell |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | klēg- | — |
via English The
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | The | Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun |
| 2 | Middle English | þe | the; Second-person singular pronoun indicating a... |
| 3 | Middle English | in | Any kind of accomodation; particularly; A home or... |
| 4 | Old English | inn | in; inn |
| 5 | Old English | inne | inside, in; indoors |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | innai | within, inside |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |