Where does “matcha” come from?
matcha (English) comes from Japanese 抹茶, from Japanese 茶, from Japanese 葉, from Middle Chinese 葉.
matcha (English): A type of powdered green tea, traditionally used...
Definitions
- A type of powdered green tea, traditionally used...
Ancestry of “matcha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 抹茶 | powder of matcha; The Japanese green tea made... |
| 2 | Japanese | 茶 | tea; brown |
| 3 | Japanese | 葉 | leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter... |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 葉 | — |
Words derived from “matcha”