Etymology Explorer
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Where does “*besamo” come from?
*besamo (Old Saxon) comes from Latin bisamum, from Hebrew בושם, from Proto-Semitic *buśm-.
Ancestry of “*besamo”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
bisamum
—
2
Hebrew
בושם
perfume
3
Proto-Semitic
*buśm-
—
Words derived from “*besamo”
desman
desamo
dēsem
desman
desmanråtta
Desman
tesma
tesmayrtti
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