From: utzoo!utcsrgv!dave Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: Cognates in lots of languages Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.1175 Posted: Mon Mar 14 13:13:01 1983 Received: Mon Mar 14 13:18:27 1983 References: ecn-pa.791 Since tea originated in China, it's not surprising that its name should have followed it wherever it went. Incidentally, the Portuguese word for tea is "cha" also. Another interesting one: the word for "date" (the edible kind) in Hebrew is "tamar", and in Portugues is "tamara". Were dates brought by the Moors from North Africa to the Iberian Peninsula? Dave Sherman Toronto