Where does “茶の間” come from?
茶の間 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 茶, from Japanese 葉, from Middle Chinese 葉.
茶の間 (Japanese): living room
Ancestry of “茶の間”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 茶 | tea; brown |
| 2 | Japanese | 葉 | leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 葉 | — |