PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 147
COMPLETE ROUTE ↗STAGE 04regionalMAPPABLE REGION
1655 onward
England
tea DOSSIER ↗The English tea form is lexicographically reported by 1655.
- COORDINATES STORED
- YES
- HONEST TO PLOT
- YES
- PLACEMENT MODE
- regional
- TIME PRECISION
- open
- NUMERIC TIME BOUND
- YES
- CLAIM CITATIONS
- 1
THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.
The English tea stage begins with the reviewed 1655 first-known-use year and remains open into current usage.
PLACE IN GLOBAL CHRONOLOGY ↗DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE
AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.
Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.
- supports
Tea — Definition and Word History
Reports English tea as borrowed from Chinese (Xiamen) dé and dates its first known English use to 1655.
Word History: Etymology and First Known UseAUDIT SOURCE ↗