Where does “슈크림” come from?
슈크림 (Korean) comes from Japanese シュークリーム, from French chou à la crème, from French crème, from Middle French chresme, from Old French cresme, from Late Latin crama, from Late Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα — to rub; to stroke; to grind.
슈크림 (Korean): cream-filled pastry, cream puff
Definitions
- cream-filled pastry, cream puff
Ancestry of “슈크림”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | シュークリーム | cream-filled pastry, cream puff |
| 2 | French | chou à la crème | cream puff |
| 3 | French | crème | cream; cool; café crème |
| 4 | Middle French | chresme | cream (milk product) |
| 5 | Old French | cresme | cream |
| 6 | Late Latin | crama | skim; nominative plural of crāmum; accusative... |
| 7 | Late Latin | chrisma | ointment |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χρῖσμα | anointing, unction; wall coating, plaster |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |