English
casein
Casein comes from Latin cāseus ‘cheese’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcāseus‘cheese’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcaséine
- Englishearliest quotation 1913casein
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcāseus‘cheese’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcaséine
- Englishearliest quotation 1913casein
Earliest quotation: 1913, COLLOIDAL COPPER'S VALUE IN CANCER CASES CONFIRMED; […]: “Since writing this report, we found that the intravenous…”
Linked words
through Latin cāseus ‘cheese’
Today it means
noun A protein present in both milk and in the seeds of leguminous plants.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin cāseus / casein