cheeses

noun

erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers

a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk

verb

wind onto a cheese

used in the imperative (get away, or stop it)

Roots

caseuschees- · Latin · cheese

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Where does cheeses come from?

The word cheeses breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root chees-, from Latin caseus (“cheese”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.