Etymology

krembo

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Today it means: A chocolate teacake popular in Israel. Full definition →

Hebrew קְרֶמְבּוֹ
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromקְרֶמְבּוֹ
  2. English todaykrembo

From Hebrew קְרֶמְבּוֹ (krembo), from קְרֵם (k'rem, “cream”) + בּוֹ (bo, “in it”). The name was coined by the first manufacturer, the Whitman Company.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.