See also: balsam, bàlsam, and balšám

English

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Etymology

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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

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Balsam (plural Balsams)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

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  • 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

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German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbalza(ː)m/
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Noun

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Balsam m (strong, genitive Balsams, plural Balsame)

  1. balm, balsam, ointment

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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

References

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

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