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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
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Hebrew
בושם
perfume
2
Proto-Semitic
*buśm-
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Words derived from “bisamum”
bisam
bisamo
pižmo
bisem
pižmo
piżmo
Bisam
pižmo
bisam
piżmak
Bisamratte
piżmowół
Bisamapfel
pižmoň
bizam
piżmaczek
Bisamrotte
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