Etymology

kasseri

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Today it means: A medium-hard pale yellow cheese of Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, usually made from unpasteurized sheep milk. Full definition →

Greek κασέρι ← Ottoman Turkish قاشر ← rup caș
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcāseus
  2. rup · derived fromcaș“cheese”
  3. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromقاشر
  4. Greek · borrowed fromκασέρι
  5. English todaykasseri

Borrowed from Greek κασέρι (kaséri), from Ottoman Turkish قاشر (kaşer), from the plural of Aromanian caș (“cheese”), from Latin cāseus.

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