English
goat cheese
Goat cheese comes from Middle English gate cuse.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gate cuse
- Englishearliest quotation 1947goat cheese
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gate cuse
- Englishearliest quotation 1947goat cheese
Earliest quotation: 1947, Ruth McKenney, The Loud Red Patrick: “The man who sold it to him said goats…”
Every English word from Middle English gate cuse
Today it means
noun Any cheese produced using goatmilk.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English gate cuse / goat cheese