thee

Japanese: thee
thee

…The words that mean “tea” around the world today can be roughly divided into two groups according to their etymology: the Cantonese word ch'a and the Hokkien word tay (te). Words that belong to the cha family include Japanese and Portuguese cha, Hindi cāy, Persian chay, Arabic shāy, Russian chai, and Turkish çay, while those that belong to the te family include Dutch thee, German Tee, English tea, and French thé. However, there are no examples of the English word tea being used before the mid-17th century. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "thee" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…現在〈茶〉を意味する世界各国の言葉は,語源的には中国の広東語のチャch’aと福建語のテーtay(te)の2系譜に従って大きく二つのグループに分けることができる。チャの系譜に属するものに,日本語,ポルトガル語のcha,ヒンディー語cāy,ペルシア語chāy,アラビア語shāy,ロシア語のchai,トルコ語のçayなどがあり,一方テーの系譜に属するものとしては,オランダ語のthee,ドイツ語のTee,英語のtea,フランス語théなどがある。しかし17世紀中ごろ以前にはteaという英語の使用例はない。…

※「thee」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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