Where does “chá” come from?

chá (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese chãa, from Latin plāna, from Latin plānus, from Ancient Greek πλάνος, from Ancient Greek πλανάω, from Proto-Indo-European pl-néh₂-ti.

chá (Portuguese): tea plant; tea; a late afternoon meal

Definitions

  1. tea plant; tea; a late afternoon meal

Ancestry of “chá”, step by step

chá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese chãa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesechãa
2Latinplānasmoothing plane
3Latinplānuslevel, flat, even
4Ancient Greekπλάνοςwandering
5Ancient Greekπλανάωto make to wander, lead wandering about; to lead...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl-néh₂-ti

via Cantonese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cantonesetea
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-laleaf; tea; flat object

Words derived from “chá

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl-néh₂-tiEvery word from Ancient Greek πλανάωEvery word from Ancient Greek πλάνος
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