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queso

English edit

Etymology edit

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

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Noun edit

queso (uncountable)

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

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Old Spanish edit

Etymology edit

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

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Noun edit

queso m (plural quesos)

  1. cheese
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 12v:
      Et ſi la fregan con la leche. lo q̃ ende ſale, quaia toda la leche ſobre q̃ la pongan ⁊ por ende los daq̃lla tierra uſan della en ſus q̃sos. ⁊ en toda otra coſa de leche q̃ quierẽ 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.

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Descendants edit

  • Ladino: kézo
  • Spanish: queso (see there for further descendants)

Spanish edit

 
Queso

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Spanish queso, from Latin cāseus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et- (“to ferment”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeso/ [ˈke.so]
  • Rhymes: -eso
  • Syllabification: que‧so

Noun edit

queso m (plural quesos)

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

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