Where does “té” come from?

té (Spanish) comes from Latin tē, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic tū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

té (Spanish): tea

Definitions

  1. tea

Ancestry of “té”, step by step

té traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin tē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintē—
2Latintūyou (singular); thou
3Proto-Italictūyou
4Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

via Hainanese 茶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hainanese茶—

Words derived from “té”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic tū →Every word from Latin tū →