bálsamo
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese balsamo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bálsamo m (plural bálsamos)
- balsam (resin)
- balsam (plant)
- balsam (ointment)
- 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 150:
- Sabede que ẽno mũdo nõ ha jnçenso nẽ frol nẽ balsamo nẽ outra cousa que tã bõo olor aja cõmo esta pẽna.
- You must know that in the world there is no incense, flower, balsam, nor another thing that has such a good smell as this pelt
- 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 150:
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References edit
- “balsamo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “basmo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “balsam” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “bálsamo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “bálsamo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “bálsamo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bál‧sa‧mo
Noun edit
bálsamo m (plural bálsamos)
- balsam (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin balsamum,[1] from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon, “balsam-bearing tree, plant”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bálsamo m (plural bálsamos)
- balsam
- balsam (tree or shrub)
- hair conditioner
- Synonym: acondicionador
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Descendants edit
- → Highland Popoluca: balsamo
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “bálsamo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014