queijo

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Galician

Noun

queijo m (plural queijos, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of queixo (“cheese”)

References

  • “queijo” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cāseus (“cheese”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et- (“to ferment, become sour”). Cognate with Old Leonese keso and Old Spanish queso.

Pronunciation

Noun

queijo m

  1. cheese

Descendants

  • Fala: queixhu, queixu (Valverdeñu)
  • Galician: queixo
  • Portuguese: queijo (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese

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queijo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese queijo (“cheese”), from Latin cāseus (“cheese”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et- (“to ferment, become sour”). Cognate with Galician queixo, Spanish queso, Italian cacio, Romanian caș and English cheese.

Pronunciation

 
 

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  • Hyphenation: quei‧jo

Noun

queijo m (plural queijos)

  1. cheese (dairy product)

Derived terms

Descendants

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