Where does “kremkolora” come from?
kremkolora (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kremo, from Italian crema, from Spanish crema, from French crème, from Middle French chresme, from Old French cresme, from Late Latin crama, from Late Latin chrisma — to rub; to stroke; to grind.
kremkolora (Esperanto): cream-colored
Definitions
- cream-colored
Ancestry of “kremkolora”, step by step
kremkolora traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto kremo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | kremo | cream |
| 2 | Italian | crema | cream; third-person singular present of cremare;... |
| 3 | Spanish | crema | cream; soup with cream; custard |
| 4 | French | crème | cream; cool; café crème |
| 5 | Middle French | chresme | cream (milk product) |
| 6 | Old French | cresme | cream |
| 7 | Late Latin | crama | skim; nominative plural of crāmum; accusative... |
| 8 | Late Latin | chrisma | ointment |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χρῖσμα | anointing, unction; wall coating, plaster |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |
via Esperanto kolora
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | kolora | coloured |
| 2 | Esperanto | koloro | colour |
| 3 | English | color | The spectral composition of visible light; A... |
| 4 | French | couleur | color, colour; a flush; suit |
| 5 | Italian | colore | color, colour; hue; pip |
| 6 | Polish | kolor | colour; suit; flush |
| 7 | Latin | color | colour, shade; color; pigment; complexion |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |