Vacherin
/ˈvæʃərɪn/noun
A soft cheese traditionally made from cow’s milk, especially Vacherin Mont d’Or from France or Switzerland.
Did you know?The same Latin root behind vacherin helped inspire the word “vaccine,” because Edward Jenner’s first vaccine was associated with cowpox.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
vacca
“Cow; the source of the later Romance word family associated with cattle.”
Late Latin
Latin
vaccinus
“Of or belonging to a cow.”
Medieval French
Old French
vache
“Cow, inherited from Latin vacca.”
18th Century
French
vacherin
“A cheese made from cow’s milk, formed from vache with a French suffix.”
Modern English
English
vacherin
“A borrowed name for a soft cow’s-milk cheese, particularly Swiss or French varieties.”