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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkraː.mum/, [ˈkräːmʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.mum/, [ˈkräːmum]

Noun

crāmum n (genitive crāmī); second declension

1. cream

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	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