Balsam

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See also: balsam, bàlsam, and balšám

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Balsam, an occupational surname for a seller of perfumes. It could also be an English habitational surname, from Balsham, in Cambridgeshire.

Proper noun

Balsam (plural Balsams)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Balsam is the 34707th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 651 individuals. Balsam is most common among White (97.7%) individuals.

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Anagrams

German

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Etymology

From Middle High German balsam, balsame, from Old High German balsamo,[1] from Proto-West Germanic *balsamō. Doublet of Bisam and Desman.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbalza(ː)m/
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Noun

Balsam m (strong, genitive Balsams, plural Balsame)

  1. balm, balsam, ointment

Declension

Declension of Balsam
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Balsam die Balsame
genitive eines des Balsams der Balsame
dative einem dem Balsam den Balsamen
accusative einen den Balsam die Balsame

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Hungarian: balzsam
  • → Kashubian: balzam
  • → Russian: бальза́м (balʹzám)

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Balsam”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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