Balsam
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Balsam (plural Balsams)
- A surname from German.
Statistics edit
- 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.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Balsam”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 91.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German balsame, Old High German balsamo, from Proto-West Germanic *balsamō.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Balsam m (strong, genitive Balsams, plural Balsame)
Declension edit
Declension of Balsam [masculine, strong]
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Balsam”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading edit
- “Balsam” in Duden online