Queso
/ˈkeso/noun
Cheese, especially in Spanish and related culinary contexts.
Did you know?Spanish queso comes from Latin caseus, the same root behind a whole family of cheese words across Europe, showing how one basic food became a linguistic spread across empires.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kwat-
“A proposed ancient root connected by scholars to cheese-making, though the exact pre-Latin history is uncertain.”
Latin
Latin
caseus
“Cheese.”
Late Latin
Latin
casius
“Cheese; a variant form in later Latin.”
Old Spanish
Old Spanish
queso
“Cheese.”
Modern Spanish
Spanish
queso
“Cheese.”