EuroLex/F/Cream


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: crème 'dairy product, lotion for skin, colour'

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Annotations
Etymology: from OF cresme, blend of LL chrisma "ointment" (from Gk chrisma "unguent"), and LL cramum "cream", perhaps from Gaulish.

Replaced OE ream.

Re-borrowed from F 19c., as creme.

Figurative sense of "most excellent element or part" is from 1581. Cream-cheese is from 1583.

Source: http://www.etymonline.com

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