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
- A Japanese form of green tea combined with...
Ancestry of “genmaicha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 玄米茶 | genmaicha |
| 2 | Japanese | 茶 | tea; brown |
| 3 | Japanese | 葉 | leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter... |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 葉 | — |