queijo

queijo m (plural queijos, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of queixo (“cheese”)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkej.d͡ʒo/

queijo m

1. cheese
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 157 (facsimile):

     bon q̇ijo rezente

     good fresh cheese

• Fala: queixhu, queixu
• Galician: queixo
• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (see there for further descendants)

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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.

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• Hyphenation: quei‧jo

queijo m (plural queijos)

1. cheese (dairy product)