Where does “kombucha” come from?

kombucha (Spanish) comes from English kombucha, from Japanese 昆布茶, from Japanese 茶, from Japanese 葉, from Middle Chinese 葉.

kombucha (Spanish): kombucha

Definitions

  1. kombucha

Ancestry of “kombucha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkombuchaA fermentation of sweetened tea of Mongolian...
2Japanese昆布茶a drink made by chopping kombu, usually into powder, adding it in hot water, and drunk like tea
3Japanese茶tea; brown
4Japanese葉leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter...
5Middle Chinese葉—
Every word from Middle Chinese 葉 →Every word from Japanese 葉 →Every word from Japanese 茶 →