Where does “fromaĝkuko” come from?

fromaĝkuko (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto fromaĝo, from French fromage, from Middle French froumaige, from Old French fromage, from Latin formāticum, from Latin fōrmō, from Latin fōrma, from Etruscan morma — shape, form; appearance; outline.

fromaĝkuko (Esperanto): cheesecake

Definitions

  1. cheesecake

Ancestry of “fromaĝkuko”, step by step

fromaĝkuko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto fromaĝo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantofromaĝocheese
2Frenchfromagecheese
3Middle Frenchfroumaigecheese
4Old Frenchfromagecheese
5Latinformāticumcheese
6Latinfōrmōto shape, form, fashion, format
7Latinfōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance
8Etruscanmorma
9Ancient Greekμορφήshape, form; appearance; outline

via Esperanto kuko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokukocake
2Germanküchenpie; cake; tart foodstuff made of baked dough, other than bread
3Middle High Germankuoche
4Old High GermankuochoAlternative spelling of kuohho; cake
5Proto-Germanickōkôcake
6Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump
Every word from Ancient Greek μορφή
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