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