Where does “maccha” come from?

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

maccha (Italian): Alternative spelling of matcha

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of matcha

Ancestry of “maccha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmatchamatcha powdered green tea for ceremonies
2Japanese抹茶powder of matcha; The Japanese green tea made...
3Japanese茶tea; brown
4Japanese葉leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter...
5Middle Chinese葉—
Every word from Middle Chinese 葉 →Every word from Japanese 葉 →Every word from Japanese 茶 →