The spread of the word for “tea”
The etymology of the different words for tea reveals the history of the spread of tea-drinking culture and trade from China to countries worldwide. Almost all the words for tea worldwide fall into three broad groups: ‘te,’ ‘cha,’ and ‘chai,’ present in English as tea, ‘cha’ or ‘char,’ and ‘chai.’
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