cresme

Old French

Alternative forms

• creme

Etymology

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

Noun

cresme oblique singular, f (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

References

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Cresme”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.