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<p>Importing a new version from external source</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The &#039;&#039;[[Wikipedia:Online Etymological Dictionary|Online Etymological Dictionary]]&#039;&#039; states that &quot;cheese&quot; comes from:&lt;blockquote&gt;Old English {{lang|ang|cyse}} (West Saxon), {{lang|ang|cese}} (Anglian) ... from West Germanic *kasjus (source also of Old Saxon &#039;&#039;kasi&#039;&#039;, Old High German &#039;&#039;{{lang|goh|chasi}}&#039;&#039;, German &#039;&#039;{{lang|de|Käse}}&#039;&#039;, Middle Dutch &#039;&#039;{{lang|dum|case}}&#039;&#039;, Dutch &#039;&#039;{{lang|nl|kaas}}&#039;&#039;), from Latin &#039;&#039;{{lang|la|caseus}}&#039;&#039; [for] &quot;cheese&quot; (source of Italian &#039;&#039;{{lang|it|cacio}}&#039;&#039;, Spanish &#039;&#039;{{lang|es|queso}}&#039;&#039;, Irish &#039;&#039;{{lang|ga|caise}}&#039;&#039;, Welsh &#039;&#039;{{lang|cy|caws}}&#039;&#039;).&lt;/blockquote&gt;The &#039;&#039;Online Etymological Dictionary&#039;&#039; states that the word is of:<br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;unknown origin; perhaps from a PIE root *kwat- &quot;to ferment, become sour&quot; (source also of Prakrit {{lang|pra|chasi}} &quot;buttermilk;&quot; Old Church Slavonic {{lang|cu|kvasu}} &quot;leaven; [[fermented drink]],&quot; {{lang|cu|kyselu}} &quot;sour,&quot; -{{lang|cu|kyseti}} &quot;to turn sour;&quot; Czech {{lang|cs|kysati}} &quot;to turn sour, rot;&quot; Sanskrit kvathati &quot;boils, seethes;&quot; Gothic hwaþjan &quot;foam&quot;). Also compare fromage. Old Norse {{lang|non|ostr}}, Danish {{lang|da|ost}}, Swedish {{lang|sv|ost}} are related to Latin {{lang|la|ius}} &quot;broth, sauce, juice.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;When the Romans began to make hard cheeses for their [[:en:Legionary|legionaries]]&#039; supplies, a new word started to be used: &#039;&#039;{{lang|la|formaticum}}&#039;&#039;, from &#039;&#039;{{lang|la|caseus formatus}}&#039;&#039;, or &quot;molded cheese&quot; (as in &quot;formed&quot;, not &quot;moldy&quot;). It is from this word that the French &#039;&#039;{{lang|fr|fromage}}&#039;&#039;, standard Italian &#039;&#039;{{lang|it|formaggio}}&#039;&#039;, [[:en:Catalan language|Catalan]] &#039;&#039;{{lang|ca|formatge}}&#039;&#039;, [[:en:Breton language|Breton]] &#039;&#039;{{lang|br|fourmaj}}&#039;&#039;, and [[:en:Occitan language|Occitan]] &#039;&#039;{{lang|oc|fromatge}}&#039;&#039; (or &#039;&#039;{{lang|oc|formatge}}&#039;&#039;) are derived. Of the Romance languages, Spanish, [[:en:Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[:en:Romanian language|Romanian]], [[:en:Tuscan dialect|Tuscan]] and Southern Italian dialects use words derived from &#039;&#039;{{lang|la|caseus}}&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;{{lang|es|queso}}&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;{{lang|pt|queijo}}&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;{{lang|ro|caș}}&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;{{lang|nap|caso}}&#039;&#039; for example). The word &#039;&#039;cheese&#039;&#039; itself is occasionally employed in a sense that means &quot;molded&quot; or &quot;formed&quot;. &#039;&#039;[[Head cheese]]&#039;&#039; uses the word in this sense. The term &quot;cheese&quot; is also used as a noun, verb and adjective in a [[#Figurative expressions|number of figurative expressions]] (e.g., &quot;the big cheese&quot;, &quot;to be cheesed off&quot; and &quot;cheesy lyrics&quot;).</div>

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