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Where does “bisamum” come from?

bisamum (Medieval Latin) comes from Hebrew בושם, from Proto-Semitic *buśm-.

Ancestry of “bisamum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewבושםperfume
2Proto-Semitic*buśm-—

Words derived from “bisamum”

  • Bisamratte
  • Bisam
  • piżmo
  • piżmak
  • bisam
  • bisamo
  • bisem
  • pižmo
Every word from Proto-Semitic *buśm- →