| rdfs:comment | - Recorded since 1579 for "aromatic resin used for healing wounds and soothing pains", from [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Balsam]] balsamum (also the root of balm via Old French basme, modern baume), itself from [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Balsam]] βάλσαμον (balsamon), “‘balsam’”)," from Hebrew (basam) "spice", related to Arameic busma, Arabic (basham) "balsam, spice, perfume". There is an isolated Old English reference from c.1000. As a type of flowering plant of the Balsaminaceae or Impatiens family, it is attested from 1741.
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| abstract | - Recorded since 1579 for "aromatic resin used for healing wounds and soothing pains", from [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Balsam]] balsamum (also the root of balm via Old French basme, modern baume), itself from [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Balsam]] βάλσαμον (balsamon), “‘balsam’”)," from Hebrew (basam) "spice", related to Arameic busma, Arabic (basham) "balsam, spice, perfume". There is an isolated Old English reference from c.1000. As a type of flowering plant of the Balsaminaceae or Impatiens family, it is attested from 1741.
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