Where does “quesillo” come from?

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

quesillo (Spanish): Any soft, white cheese, e.g. ricotta, quark, etc;...

Definitions

  1. Any soft, white cheese, e.g. ricotta, quark, etc;...

Ancestry of “quesillo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishquesocheese; foot
2Old Spanishquesocheese
3Latincāseuscheese
4Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat-