Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
parmesan
noun · first attested 16th century
The grater cheese is an English take on Parma.
A hard, granular cheese associated with Parma.
Record
- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 16th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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- Step 1
Parma
- Step 2
parmigiano
- In English
parmesan
English parmesan comes from French parmesan and Italian parmigiano, “of Parma.” The cheese belongs to a wider area of northern Italy, but the city supplied the English name.
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