Etymology of the English word buttercream
the English word
buttercreamderived from the English word
creamderived from the Old French word
cresmederived from the Late Latin word
cramum (cream)
derived from the English word
butterderived from the Old French word
bouterusing the Proto-Indo-European prefix
bhau- (to hit)
derived from the Frankish root
*bōtanderived from the Latin word
butyrumderived from the Greek word
bouturon, βούτυρον
derived from the Greek word
bous, βοῦς (an ox (as grazing); an animal of that species ('beef'))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷou-Usage
Word found in Modern English
