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Where does “caseo” come from?

caseo (Interlingua) comes from Latin cāseus, from Proto-Indo-European kwat- — to ferment, become sour; to boil.

caseo (Interlingua): cheese

Definitions

  1. cheese

Ancestry of “caseo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincāseus—
2Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil
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