Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
camembert
noun · first attested 19th century
The cheese is a Norman village.
A soft, bloomy cow’s-milk cheese from Normandy.
Record
- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Camembert
- In English
camembert
Camembert takes its name from the village in Normandy where the modern cheese is said to have been developed. The place-name became a generic English cheese word.
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