Where does “ਕਰੀਮ” come from?
ਕਰੀਮ (Punjabi) comes from English cream, 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.
ਕਰੀਮ (Punjabi): kind, benevolent, compassionate
Definitions
- kind, benevolent, compassionate
Ancestry of “ਕਰੀਮ”, step by step
ਕਰੀਮ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cream
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cream | The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to... |
| 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 Arabic كَرِيم
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | كَرِيم | noble, generous; kind, honourable, noble,... |