Where does “kesong puti” come from?

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

kesong puti (Tagalog): kesong puti

Definitions

  1. kesong puti

Ancestry of “kesong puti”, step by step

kesong puti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog keso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkesocheese
2Spanishquesocheese; foot
3Old Spanishquesocheese
4Latincāseuscheese
5Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil

via Tagalog puti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogputiwhite; white; Caucasian
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianputiqwhite
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)putiqwhite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat- →Every word from Latin cāseus →Every word from Old Spanish queso →