Where does “queijeiro” come from?

queijeiro (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese queijo, from Old Portuguese queijo, from Latin cāseus, from Proto-Indo-European kwat- — to ferment, become sour; to boil.

queijeiro (Portuguese): cheesemaker

Definitions

  1. cheesemaker

Ancestry of “queijeiro”, step by step

queijeiro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese queijo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesequeijocheese
2Old Portuguesequeijocheese
3Latincāseuscheese
4Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil

via Latin cāseārius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincāseāriusof or pertaining to cheese
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat- →Every word from Latin cāseus →Every word from Old Portuguese queijo →