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Where does “queso” come from?

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

queso (Spanish): cheese; foot

Definitions

  1. cheese; foot

Ancestry of “queso”, step by step

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

Words derived from “queso”

  • queso
  • quesería
  • quesito
  • quesero
  • requesón
  • keso
  • keso
  • keso
  • géeso
  • kisu
  • kàsu'úna
  • keso
  • kisu
  • kesò
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat- →