Etymograph

English

keso

Keso comes from Cebuano keso ‘cheese’, and goes back to Latin cāseus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcāseus‘cheese’
  2. Old Spanishc. 950–1500queso‘cheese’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘cheese’
  4. Cebuanomodernkeso‘cheese’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcāseus‘cheese’
  2. Old Spanishc. 950–1500queso‘cheese’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘cheese’
  4. Cebuanomodernkeso‘cheese’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin cāseus ‘cheese’

cheese, casein, 8 more

through Spanish queso ‘cheese’

quesadilla, queso

Today it means

noun Synonym of cheese

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin cāseus / keso

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