| 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 | — |
| 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 smear with , rub on something; to anoint with... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |