Etymograph

English

queso

Queso comes from Spanish queso ‘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. Englishearliest quotation 1998same 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. Englishearliest quotation 1998same form

Earliest quotation: 1998, Jane Butel, Jane Butel’s Quick and Easy Southwestern Cookbook: “The day before, prepare the tortillas for the chalupitas…”

Linked words

through Latin cāseus ‘cheese’

cheese, casein, 9 more

through Spanish queso ‘cheese’

quesadilla, 1 more

Today it means

noun —

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

Etymograph / Latin cāseus / queso

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