Where does “Vanillecreme” come from?
Vanillecreme (German) comes from German Vanille, from French vanille, from Spanish vainilla, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Vanillecreme (German): pastry cream
Definitions
- pastry cream
Ancestry of “Vanillecreme”, step by step
Vanillecreme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Vanille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Vanille | vanilla |
| 2 | French | vanille | vanilla |
| 3 | Spanish | vainilla | vanilla; vanilla sex; ladyfinger |
| 4 | Spanish | -illa | Added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 5 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 7 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via German Crème
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Crème | Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling... |
| 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 |