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Where does “cheddar” come from?

cheddar (Portuguese) comes from English cheddar, from English Cheddar cheese — A variety of hard, pale yellow cheese originally...

cheddar (Portuguese): Cheddar cheese

Definitions

  1. Cheddar cheese

Ancestry of “cheddar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcheddarA cheese styled after the Cheddar cheese made in...
2EnglishCheddar cheeseA variety of hard, pale yellow cheese originally...
Every word from English Cheddar cheese →