Where does “crème de cassis” come from?
crème de cassis (English) comes from French crème de cassis, 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.
crème de cassis (English): A blood-red, sweet, blackcurrant-flavored...
Definitions
- A blood-red, sweet, blackcurrant-flavored...
Ancestry of “crème de cassis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | crème de cassis | crème de cassis |
| 2 | French | crème | cream; cool; café crème |
| 3 | Middle French | chresme | — |
| 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 smear with , rub on something; to anoint with... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |