cresme

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. cream (milk product)

Descendants

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  • 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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