queso

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish queso, as found in Tex-Mex cuisine.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eɪsəʊ

Noun

queso (uncountable)

  1. Melted cheese, used for instance as a dipping sauce.

Derived terms

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cāseum, accusative of cāseus. Cognate with Old Leonese keso and Old Portuguese queijo.

Pronunciation

Noun

queso m (plural quesos)

  1. cheese
    • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 12v.
      Et ſi la fregan con la leche. lo q́ ende ſale, quaia toda la leche ſobre q́ la pongan ¬ por ende los daq́lla tierra uſan della en ſus q́sos. ¬ en toda otra coſa de leche q́ quieré quaiar.
      And if they wash it with milk, what results from it curdles the milk into which it is put, and so the people of that land use it in their cheeses, or in any other dairy thing they wish to curdle.

Descendants

  • Ladino: kézo
  • Spanish: queso

Spanish

Queso

Etymology

From Old Spanish queso, from Latin cāseus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwat- (“to ferment”).

Pronunciation

Noun

queso m (plural quesos)

  1. cheese
    Synonym: formaje
  2. (Spain, colloquial) foot

Derived terms

(diminutive quesillo or quesito or quesín)

Descendants

Further reading

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