Where does “crema” come from?
crema (Italian) comes from Spanish crema, 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.
crema (Italian): cream; third-person singular present of cremare;...
Definitions
- cream; third-person singular present of cremare;...
Ancestry of “crema”, step by step
crema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish crema
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | crema | cream; soup with cream; custard |
| 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 Lombardic krem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lombardic | krem | — |