Etymology lesson

Sep 19, 2006 12:41

CHEESE
-noun
1. the curd of milk separated from the whey and prepared in many ways as a food.
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME chese, OE cēse (c. OS kāsi, G Käse) < L cāseus]
So "cheese" comes from the Latin word caseus.

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driretlaneb September 19 2006, 20:56:29 UTC
That is really cool, little sister.

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revkah September 20 2006, 18:47:12 UTC
I'm still alive!

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