Where does “茶葉” come from?

茶葉 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 茶, from Japanese 葉, from Middle Chinese 葉.

茶葉 (Japanese): tea leaf

Definitions

  1. tea leaf

Ancestry of “茶葉”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese茶tea; brown
2Japanese葉leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter...
3Middle Chinese葉—
Every word from Middle Chinese 葉 →Every word from Japanese 葉 →Every word from Japanese 茶 →