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
- Alternative spelling of matcha
Ancestry of “maccha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | matcha | matcha |
| 2 | Japanese | 抹茶 | powder of matcha; The Japanese green tea made... |
| 3 | Japanese | 茶 | tea; brown |
| 4 | Japanese | 葉 | leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter... |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 葉 | — |