Etymograph

English

teataster

From tea + taster.

Formed from tea + taster

Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la ‘leaf’

Hokkien 茶

Dutch thee

English tea

Middle English taster

English taster

Today it means

noun A person who samples and grades tea quality.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “teataster”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / teataster