Where does “matcha” come from?

matcha (French) comes from Japanese 抹茶, from Japanese 茶, from Japanese 葉, from Middle Chinese 葉.

matcha (French): matcha powdered green tea for ceremonies

Definitions

  1. matcha powdered green tea for ceremonies

Ancestry of “matcha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese抹茶powder of matcha; The Japanese green tea made...
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 →