Where does “genmaicha” come from?

genmaicha (English) comes from Japanese 玄米茶, from Japanese 茶, from Japanese 葉, from Middle Chinese 葉.

genmaicha (English): A Japanese form of green tea combined with...

Definitions

  1. A Japanese form of green tea combined with...

Ancestry of “genmaicha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese玄米茶genmaicha
2Japanese茶tea; brown
3Japanese葉leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter...
4Middle Chinese葉—
Every word from Middle Chinese 葉 →Every word from Japanese 葉 →Every word from Japanese 茶 →