myEtymology.com: English etymology of headcheese

Etymology of the English word headcheese

the English word headcheese

derived from the English word head

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *khaubuthan

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kaput- (head)

derived from the English word cheese

derived from the Germanic root *kasjus

derived from the Vulgar Latin word caseus (cheese; pressed curd; comic term of endearment)

Word found in Modern English