Etymology

casein

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Today it means: A protein present in both milk and in the seeds of leguminous plants. Full definition →

French caséine ← Latin cāseus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcāseus“cheese”
  2. French · borrowed fromcaséine
  3. English todaycasein

From French caséine, formed from Latin cāseus (“cheese”) + -ine.

Words from the same roots

Latincāseus all →

caseasecasefycaseickasseri

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.