Where does “cheese” come from?

cheese (English) comes from English cheesy, from Middle English chesy.

cheese (English): A dairy product made from curdled or cultured...

Definitions

  1. A dairy product made from curdled or cultured...

Ancestry of “cheese”, step by step

cheese traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cheesy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcheesyOverdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd,...
2Middle Englishchesy—

via Middle English chese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishchesecheese dairy product
2Old Englishċīesecheese

Words derived from “cheese”

Every word from Middle English chesy →Every word from English cheesy →