Etymology

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Today it means: Japanese tea, usually green tea. Full definition →

Japanese お茶
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  1. Japanese · borrowed fromお茶
  2. English todayocha

From Japanese お茶 (ocha), from 御 (o-, honorific prefix) + 茶 (cha, “tea”), from Middle Chinese 茶 (MC drae), whence English cha.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.