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Where does “kesò” come from?

kesò (Guerrero Amuzgo) comes from Spanish queso, from Old Spanish queso, from Latin cāseus, from Proto-Indo-European kwat- — to ferment, become sour; to boil.

kesò (Guerrero Amuzgo): cheese

Definitions

  1. cheese

Ancestry of “kesò”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishquesocheese; foot
2Old Spanishquesocheese
3Latincāseus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil
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