cramum

Latin

Etymology

Likely a borrowing from Gaulish *crama, from Proto-Celtic *krammen (related to Welsh cramen (“scab, skin”), Breton krammenn), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krama- .

Pronunciation

Noun

crāmum n (genitive crāmī); second declension

  1. cream

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative crāmum crāma
genitive crāmī crāmōrum
dative crāmō crāmīs
accusative crāmum crāma
ablative crāmō crāmīs
vocative crāmum crāma

Descendants

Note: The descendant word was merged with Ecclesiastical Latin chrisma (“ointment”)

  • ⇒ Old French: cresme, creme
    • 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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