Etymograph

English

ice cream

Lexicalization of a reduced pronunciation of iced cream with regular deletion of -d before a cluster, from iced + cream.

A compound of iced + cream

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-so-

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Proto-West Germanic *īs ‘ice’

Old English īs ‘ice’

Middle English is

English ice ‘noun’

English iced

Old French creme

Middle English creime

English cream

The story

Lexicalization of a reduced pronunciation of iced cream with regular deletion of -d before a cluster, from iced + cream.

Today it means

noun A dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / ice cream