Editing Balsamic vinegar (section)

==Etymology==
The [[Italian language|Italian]] word {{lang|it|balsamico}} (from Latin {{lang|la|[[wikt:balsamum|balsamum]]}}, from Greek {{lang|grc|βάλσαμον}}, {{lang|grc-Latn|bálsamon}}) means '[[balsam]]-like' in the sense of "restorative" or "curative"; cf. English 'balm'.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia
| publisher = [[Merriam-Webster]]
| edition=11th
| year=2003
| isbn=978-0-87779-809-5
| page=95
| title = balsamic vinegar
| encyclopedia = Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
| access-date = 2009-10-10
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=O78rzaI2XmUC&q=balsamic+balsam&pg=RA1-PA95
}}</ref> Ultimately from Ancient Hebrew-Phoenician {{lang|he|בשׂם}} ({{lang|he-Latn|bāśām}} or {{lang|he-Latn|besem}}, IPA [baːˈɬaːm]), the name means 'perfume or spice', with the consonant sequence of the letter 'λ' and 'σ' deriving from Ancient Greek to pronounce the שׂ (ś) sound, sounding back then as [[Voiceless dental and alveolar lateral fricatives|[ɬ]]].<ref>Richard Steiner (1977). ''The Case for Fricative Laterals in Proto-Semitic''. New Haven: American Oriental Society. pp. 123-129.</ref><ref>Rendsburg, Gary A. (2013–). "Phonology: Biblical Hebrew". In: ''Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics''. Ed. by Geoffrey Khan et al. {{doi|10.1163/2212-4241_ehll_EHLL_COM_00000676}}.</ref><ref>Goldenberg, Gideon (2012). ''Semitic Languages: Features, structures, relations, processes''. Oxford: Oxford University, Press. xix+363 pp. {{Isbn|9780199644919}}.</ref><ref>Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10.</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=December 2022}}<ref name="ej2-balsam">{{Cite book | author=Feliks, Jehuda | contribution=Balsam | title=Encyclopaedia Judaica | edition=2nd | volume=3 | year=2007 | publisher=Thomson Gale | page=95}}</ref>