Balsam

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

Balsam (plural Balsams)

1. A surname from German.

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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Balsam”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 91.

• lambas, sambal

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalza(ː)m/

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Balsam m (strong, genitive Balsams, plural Balsame)

1. balm, balsam, ointment

• balsamieren
• Balsam für die Seele

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

• “Balsam” in Duden online