Where does “teo” come from?

teo (Ido) 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.

teo (Ido): tea

Definitions

  1. tea

Ancestry of “teo”, step by step

teo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto teo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoteotea
2Italiantètea
3Frenchthétea
4Dutchtheetea
5Malaytehtea
6Malayputihwhite
7Classical Malayputihwhite
8Proto-Malayicputihwhite
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)putiqwhite

via Spanish té

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtétea
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq →Every word from Proto-Malayic putih →Every word from Classical Malay putih →