cresme

Old French

Alternative forms

creme

Etymology

Blended from Late Latin crāmum (“cream”) and Ecclesiastical Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμᾰ (khrîsma, “anointing”), from χρίω (khríō, “to anoint”).

Noun

cresme oblique singular, f (oblique plural cresmes, nominative singular cresme, nominative plural cresmes)

cream (milk product)

Descendants

Middle French: chresme
- French: crème (see there for further descendants)
→ Middle English: creme, crayme, creem, creeme, crem, creyme, kreme
- English: cream (see there for further descendants)
Norman: crème
→ Swedish: kräm

References

Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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