And then there’s this discovery…  https://www.quora.com/In-the-Polish-language-the-word-for-tea-herbata-is-neither-derived-from-cha-nor-tee-Are-there-any-other-languages-like-that someone explains it is a derivative…

From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Allison Rich
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There are probably exceptions but, I wonder, does the "ta" at the end have any correlation linguistically to tea?

Allison

Interesting.  I don't know how many exceptions there are, but I know one. Tea in Polish is herbata.

Doug

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On Monday, September 17, 2018 7:15 AM, "Rich, Allison" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi all:

I found this very interesting. I thought that some of you might too. And yes, of course, there is a map involved.

Allison

https://qz.com/1176962/map-how-the-word-tea-spread-over-land-and-sea-to-conquer-the-world/?utm_source=fb_qz_p_1176962_3_us

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