Etymology

parmesan

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Today it means: A hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma or its neighboring province Reggio Emilia. Full definition →

Middle French parmesan ← Vulgar Latin *parmēsānus ← Latin parmēnsis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromParma
  2. Latin · derived fromparmēnsis
  3. Vulgar Latin · derived from*parmēsānus
  4. Middle French · borrowed fromparmesan
  5. English todayparmesan

Borrowed from Middle French parmesan, from an earlier Vulgar Latin *parmēsānus, restructuring of Latin parmēnsis (from Latin Parma). Compare Italian parmigiano, Catalan parmesà, Portuguese parmesão, Sicilian parmisanu, Spanish parmesano

Words from the same roots

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