English
cheeseburger
Cheeseburger comes from English hamburger, and goes back to Old High German Hammaburg.
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050Hammaburg
- Germanc. 1650–presentHamburg
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentHamburger
- English1500–presenthamburger
- Englishearliest quotation 1956cheeseburger
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050Hammaburg
- Germanc. 1650–presentHamburg
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentHamburger
- English1500–presenthamburger
- Englishearliest quotation 1956cheeseburger
Earliest quotation: 1956, Frank O'Hara: “Neon in daylight is a / great pleasure, as…”
A compound of hamme + Hamme + burg ‘a castle’
Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂méh₂-
Proto-Germanic *hanmō
Proto-Germanic *hammō ‘shinbone’
Old High German hamme
Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂méh₂-
Proto-Germanic *hanmō
Proto-Germanic *hammō ‘shinbone’
Old High German Hamme
Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- ‘to safeguard, to protect’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰérgʰs
Proto-Germanic *burgz ‘fortification, stronghold’
Proto-West Germanic *burg ‘fortification’
Old High German burg ‘a castle’
Linked words
through German Hamburger
Today it means
noun A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old High German Hammaburg / cheeseburger