When the Romans began to make hard cheeses for their legionaries' supplies, a new word started to be used: formaticum, from caseus formatus, or "molded cheese" (as in "formed", not "moldy"). ![]() ![]() It is from this word that the French fromage, standard Italian formaggio, Catalan formatge, Breton fourmaj, and Occitan fromatge (or formatge) are derived. ![]() Of the Romance languages, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Tuscan and Southern Italian dialects use words derived from caseus ( queso, queijo, caș and caso for example). The word cheese itself is occasionally employed in a sense that means "molded" or "formed". The term "cheese" is also used as a noun, verb and adjective in a number of figurative expressions (e.g., "the big cheese", "to be cheesed off" and "cheesy lyrics"). ![]() HistoryĪ piece of soft curd cheese, oven-baked to increase shelf lifeĬheese is an ancient food whose origins predate recorded history.
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