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
- sunscreen, sunblock
Ancestry of “كريم الشمس”, step by step
كريم الشمس traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Arabic كريم
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | كريم | noble, noble-minded, beneficent, kind, gracious;... |
| 2 | French | crème | cream; cool; café crème |
| 3 | Middle French | chresme | cream (milk product) |
| 4 | Old French | cresme | cream |
| 5 | Late Latin | crama | skim; nominative plural of crāmum; accusative... |
| 6 | Late Latin | chrisma | ointment |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χρῖσμα | anointing, unction; wall coating, plaster |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |