Where does “creamery” come from?
Creamery derives from French crémerie, from French crème and the Old French suffix -erie, ultimately from Latin -arius and Ancient Greek χρῖσμα, rooted in the Greek verb χρίω meaning to anoint or rub.
creamery (English): A place where dairy products are prepared or...
Definitions
- A place where dairy products are prepared or...
Ancestry of “creamery”, step by step
creamery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cream
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cream | The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to... |
| 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 |
via French crémerie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | crémerie | dairy, cheese store or area in a store; An ice... |