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 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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