Where does “tearbo” come from?
tearbo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto teo, from Italian tè, from French thé, from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih, from Proto-Malayic putih — white.
tearbo (Esperanto): tea plant, tea bush
Definitions
- tea plant, tea bush
Ancestry of “tearbo”, step by step
tearbo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto teo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | teo | tea |
| 2 | Italian | tè | tea |
| 3 | French | thé | tea |
| 4 | Dutch | thee | tea |
| 5 | Malay | teh | tea |
| 6 | Malay | putih | white |
| 7 | Classical Malay | putih | white |
| 8 | Proto-Malayic | putih | white |
| 9 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)putiq | white |
via Esperanto arbo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | arbo | tree |
| 2 | French | arbre | tree; axle; drive shaft |
| 3 | Old French | arbre | tree |
| 4 | Latin | arbor | a tree; something made from a tree, of wood; the... |
| 5 | Latin | arbos | Alternative form of arbor |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erdʰ- | to increase, grow; upright, high |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |