Where does “tecoteca” come from?
tecoteca (Italian) comes from Italian tè, 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.
tecoteca (Italian): tea house
Ancestry of “tecoteca”, step by step