Where does “抹茶” come from?
抹茶 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 茶, from Japanese 葉, from Middle Chinese 葉.
抹茶 (Japanese): powder of matcha; The Japanese green tea made...
Definitions
- powder of matcha; The Japanese green tea made...
Ancestry of “抹茶”, step by step
抹茶 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 茶
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 茶 | tea; brown |
| 2 | Japanese | 葉 | leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 葉 | — |
via Japanese 抹
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 抹 | to rub; to wipe, to rub |