balm的词源
英文词源
- balm
- balm: [13] In origin, balm and balsam are the same word. Both come via Latin balsamum from Greek bálsamon, an ‘aromatic oily resin exuded from certain trees’. Its ultimate source may have been Hebrew bāśām ‘spice’. Latin balsamum passed into Old French, and thence into English, as basme or baume (hence the modern English pronunciation), and in the 15th to 16th centuries the Latin l was restored to the written form of the word. The new borrowing balsam, direct from Latin, was made in the 15th century.
=> balsam - balm (n.)
- early 13c., basme, aromatic substance made from resins and oils, from Old French basme (Modern French baume), from Latin balsamum, from Greek balsamon "balsam," from Hebrew basam "spice," related to Aramaic busma, Arabic basham "balsam, spice, perfume."
Spelling refashioned 15c.-16c. on Latin model. Sense of "healing or soothing influence" (1540s) is from aromatic preparations from balsam (see balsam). Biblical Balm of Gilead, however, began with Coverdale; the Hebrew word there is tsori, which was rendered in Septuagint and Vulgate as "resin" (Greek rhetine, Latin resina).
中文词源
balm（镇痛软膏）：古代阿拉伯人发明的芬香药膏
古代阿拉伯人很早就学会了使用芬香植物制作芬香气味的药膏，可用来治疗外伤、缓解疼痛，类似于我们中国的中药。这种芬香药膏在阿拉伯语中被称为basham。这个单词经过不同途径，最终演变为英语中的balm（镇痛软膏）和balsam（香脂）两个单词。在英语中，balm一词可以用来表示很多种护肤品，如眼霜唇膏之类。
balm：[bɑm]n.香油；镇痛软膏；香峰草，香树膏
balmy：['bɑmi]adj.芬香的，温和的，止痛的
balsam：['bɔlsəm]n.香脂；凤仙花；香膏；产香脂的树
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：balm 词源，balm 含义。
发音释义：[bɑːm] n. 香膏；镇痛软膏；香峰草，香树膏
词源解释：balm←古法语basme（香脂香膏）←拉丁语balsamum（香脂香膏）←希腊语balsamon←希伯来语basam（香脂香料）←阿拉伯语basham（香脂香料）
balm原本表示古代一种用树脂和油制成的芳香软膏，具有镇痛作用。现在常用于各种护肤产品，如lip balm（护唇膏）；eye balm（眼霜）；tiger balm（万金油）；Blemish Balm（BB霜、皮肤修复霜）；moisture balm（保湿霜）。
趣味记忆：balm = ba（扒）+l（拉）+m（抹）→“扒拉抹”→扒拉扒拉抹到皮肤上→香膏
衍生词：balmy（芳香的、温和的）
来自希伯来语，芳香，香料，香木。
