Etymology of the French word crème

Date

The earliest known usage of crème in French dates from the 12th century.

Derivations in French

crémer, crémeux, crémier, écrémer, crémet, crème-dessert, double-crème, crémoir

Derivations in other languages

Portuguese creme, Romanian crem, Romanian cremă, Spanish crema

Cognates

Dutch crème, English cream, German Creme, German Krem, Italian crema, Lithuanian kremas, Norwegian krem, Polish krem, Russian крем, Swedish kräm, Yiddish krem