Where does “tearoom” come from?
Tearoom derives from English tea and room, where tea comes from Dutch thee, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la, and room from Proto-Germanic rūmaz and Proto-Indo-European rewh₁-.
tearoom (English): A café which serves tea, usually with light food;...
Definitions
- A café which serves tea, usually with light food;...
Ancestry of “tearoom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | TEA | Training and employment agency; Acronym of... |
| 2 | Dutch | thee | tea |
| 3 | Malay | teh | tea |
| 4 | Malay | putih | white |
| 5 | Classical Malay | putih | white |
| 6 | Proto-Malayic | putih | — |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)putiq | white |