Where does “te” come from?
te (Haitian Creole) comes from French thé, from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih, from Proto-Malayic putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq — white.
te (Haitian Creole): Earth; ground
Ancestry of “te”, step by step