English
cha
Cha comes from Chinese 茶.
- Chinesemodern茶chá
- Englishearliest quotation 1934cha
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Chinesemodern茶chá
- Englishearliest quotation 1934cha
Earliest quotation: 1934, George Herriman, Krazy Kat: “[Krazy Kat, bringing a full tray:] Look, folkses –…”
Linked words
through Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la
through Chinese 茶
Another origin of cha
- Koreanmodern자ja
- Englishtodaycha
Today it means
noun Tea, (sometimes dialect) specifically masala chai.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Chinese 茶 / cha