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. (hapax legomenon) 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)
      • Norman: crème
      • → Middle English: creme, crayme, creem, creeme, crem, creyme, kreme
        • English: cream (see there for further descendants)
        • Yola: crame
      • → Swedish: kräm
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