Where does “solkrem” come from?
solkrem (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål krem, 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.
solkrem (Norwegian Bokmål): sun cream, sun lotion, sunscreen
Definitions
- sun cream, sun lotion, sunscreen
Ancestry of “solkrem”, step by step
solkrem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål krem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | krem | cream |
| 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 Norwegian Bokmål søl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | søl | mess, spill, something splashed or splattered;... |
| 2 | Latin | solūtiō | The act of loosening or unfastening someone or something; dissolution |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |