cresme

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Blended from Late Latin crāmum (cream) and Ecclesiastical Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμᾰ (khrîsma, anointing), from χρίω (khríō, to anoint).

Noun

cresme oblique singularf (oblique plural cresmes, nominative singular cresme, nominative plural cresmes)

  1. cream (milk product)

Descendants

  • Middle French: chresme
    • French: crème (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle English: creme, crayme, creem, creeme, crem, creyme, kreme
    • English: cream (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: crème
  • Swedish: kräm

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