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matcha

Pronunciation: /²matɕa/

“matcha” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to match
  2. to conform, to fit

noun

  1. matcha (powdered green tea for ceremonies)

Etymology

1952: borrowed from English match, from Middle English matche, metche, macche, mecche, mache, meche, from Old English mæċċa, ġemæċċa, secondary forms of maca, ġemaca (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another”), from Proto-Germanic *makkô, *gamakkô, *makô, *gamakô (“an equal; comrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, work”).

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