Where does “كريم الشمس” come from?

كريم الشمس (Arabic) comes from Arabic كريم, from French crème, from Middle French chresme, from Old French cresme, from Late Latin crama, from Late Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα, from Ancient Greek χρίω — to rub; to stroke; to grind.

كريم الشمس (Arabic): sunscreen, sunblock

Definitions

  1. sunscreen, sunblock

Ancestry of “كريم الشمس”, step by step

كريم الشمس traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic كريم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكريمnoble, noble-minded, beneficent, kind, gracious;...
2Frenchcrèmecream; cool; café crème
3Middle Frenchchresmecream (milk product)
4Old Frenchcresmecream
5Late Latincramaskim; nominative plural of crāmum; accusative...
6Late Latinchrismaointment
7Ancient Greekχρῖσμαanointing, unction; wall coating, plaster
8Ancient Greekχρίωto rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrēy-to smear; to paint, streak, smear
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʰer-to rub; to stroke; to grind

via Arabic شمس

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicشمسsun; verbal noun of شَمِسَ; to be headstrong, to...
2Proto-Semiticśamš-the Sun
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰer-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrēy-Every word from Ancient Greek χρίω