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Cheetos etymology

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English word Cheetos comes from Latin caseum, and later Proto-Germanic *kāsijaz ((Northwest Germanic) cheese.)

Detailed word origin of Cheetos

Dictionary entry Language Definition
caseum Latin (lat)
*kāsijaz Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) (Northwest Germanic) cheese.
cese Old English (ang) (Anglian) cheese.
ċȳse Old English (ang)
chese Middle English (enm)
cheese English (en) (slang) To smile excessively, as for a camera.. (technology) To make holes in a pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.. To prepare curds for making cheese. (photography) Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling. (countable) A piece of cheese, especially one moulded into a large round shape during manufacture.. (countable) Any particular variety of cheese.. [...]
Cheetos English (en) A crunchy, cheese-flavored snack made from extruded cornmeal.