A small cheese; a diminutive form referring to a young or small wheel of cheese.
From chese (archaic cheese) + -et (a diminutive suffix); the suffix -et creates a small or young version of something.
Diminutive suffixes like -et reveal how craftspeople thought about their products—a 'chesset' wasn't just a small cheese, it represented a specific stage in aging or a specialty product.
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