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 Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkraː.mũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkraː.mum] === Noun === crāmum n (genitive crāmī); second declension (hapax legomenon) cream ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== Note: The descendant word was merged with Ecclesiastical Latin chrisma (“ointment”) ⇒ Old French: cresme, cremeMiddle French: chresmeFrench: crème (see there for further descendants)Norman: crème→ Middle English: creme, crayme, creem, creeme, crem, creyme, kremeEnglish: cream (see there for further descendants)Yola: crame→ Swedish: kräm