The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix II
Semitic Roots
ENTRY:
bm.
DEFINITION:
Central Semitic noun *baam-, balsam. 1.balsam, from Greek balsamon.2.desman, from Medieval Latin bisamum. Both 1 and 2 from a Semitic source akin to Hebrew bem, bm, Aramaic besm, busm, Arabic bam, all meaning “balsam.”
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