WITNESS / 51
ALL WITNESSES ↗PERMANENT ATTESTATION RECORDWITNESS / 51
OBJECT
BEFORE
CLAIM.
THE PRIMARY OBJECT WAS NOT CHECKED.
Source-reported lexicographic date. SET-U did not inspect the underlying 1655 primary object in this tranche.
Present-Day EnglishFirst known use reported as 1655established
tea
Merriam-Webster first-known-use record for tea
- WITNESS TYPE
- Lexicographic first-use report
- YEAR
- 1655
- LOCATOR
- First Known Use of tea
- REPOSITORY
- Not recorded
- SHELFMARK / OBJECT ID
- Not recorded
- FACSIMILE
- Not linked
- DIRECT INSPECTION
- No
- CONFIDENCE
- established
WORD DOSSIERtea ↗
CANONICAL FORM NODENODE 228 ↗
01
BIBLIOGRAPHIC PROVENANCE
THE SOURCE BEHIND THE CLAIM
- TITLE
- Tea — Definition and Word History
- AUTHOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- CITATION KEY
- mw-tea