Cheese
/tʃiːz/noun
A solid or semi-solid food made from curdled milk.
Did you know?The English word survives from Latin *caseus*, and that same ancient root echoes through Romance languages in words for cheese, showing how everyday food can preserve very old speech.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kwat-
“to ferment, curdle, or become sour”
Latin
Latin
caseus
“cheese”
Old English
OE
cēse
“cheese”
Middle English
English
cheese
“cheese”
Modern English
English
cheese
“a food made from curdled milk”