Etymograph

English

casease

Casease comes from Latin cāseus ‘cheese’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcāseus1‘cheese’
  2. Englishtodaycasease1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English casease

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcāseusWiktionary, English casease‘cheese’
  2. EnglishtodaycaseaseWiktionary, English casease

Formed from ase

Yoruba àṣẹ

English ase

Linked words

through Latin cāseus ‘cheese’

cheese, queso, quesadilla, casein, 8 more

Today it means

noun An exoenzyme that hydrolyzes casein.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “casease”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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