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 茶

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

Words derived from “chá”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl-néh₂-ti →Every word from Ancient Greek πλανάω →Every word from Ancient Greek πλάνος →