Etymology

kahm

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Today it means: Yeast which tends to form on fermented foods, such as sauerkraut. Full definition →

German Kahm ← Middle High German kan ← Vulgar Latin cana
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcānus“gray”
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived fromcana
  3. Middle High German · derived fromkan
  4. German · borrowed fromKahm
  5. English todaykahm

From German Kahm, from Middle High German kan, from Vulgar Latin cana, from Latin cānus (“gray”).

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