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it is a Chinese word originally called 'Kia' first used about 2500BC. Many centuries later the word evolved into Cha and later in England into Te from which the more modern word of Tea evolved

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βˆ™ 16y ago

My dictionary says it comes from the Chinese (Amoy) t'e,which is derived from the ancient Chinese d'a.

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