provolone
[proh-vuh-loh-nee]
- a mellow light-colored, Italian cheese, usually smoked after drying.
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Origin of provolone
1945–50; < Italian, equivalent to provol(a) kind of cheese (of debated origin) + -one augmentative suffix
Also called provolone cheese.
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Contemporary Examples
When it comes to cheese, the only acceptable options are American and provolone.
The cheese was American: In Philly, purists use Cheez Whiz or provolone.
Historical Examples
As for the Provolone, notable for the water-buffalo milk that makes it, there's an example of really grown-up milk.
The Complete Book of CheeseRobert Carlton Brown
provolone
- a mellow, pale yellow, soft, and sometimes smoked cheese, made of cows' milk: usually moulded in the shape of a pear
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Word Origin
Italian, from provola, apparently from Medieval Latin probula cheese made from buffalo milk
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Word Origin and History for provolone
n.
1946, from Italian, augmentative of provola "cheese made from buffalo milk," from Medieval Latin probula, of uncertain origin.
Il nome non ha una derivazione precisa. L'etimologia, secondo alcuni, fa pensare alla parola napoletana prova-provola con cui in Campania viene indicato il classico latticino di bufala a pasta filata, da consumarsi fresco. ["Dieta Mediterranea"]
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