Where does “creamish” come from?
creamish (English) comes from English cream, 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.
creamish (English): Relatively cream in colour
Definitions
- Relatively cream in colour
Ancestry of “creamish”, step by step
creamish 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 English ish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ish | Pronunciation spelling of is; somewhat,... |
| 2 | English | -ish | Typical of, similar to, being like; Somewhat,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ish | Alternative form of -yssh |
| 4 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |