From Middle English purs, from Old English purs (“purse”), partly from pusa (“wallet, bag, scrip”) and partly from burse (“pouch, bag”). Old English pusa comes from Proto-West Germanic *pusō, from Proto-Germanic *pusô (“bag, sack, scrip”), and is cognate with Old High German pfoso (“pouch, purse”), Low German pūse (“purse, bag”), Old Norse posi (“purse, bag”), Danish pose (“purse, bag”), Dutch beurs (“purse, bag”). Old English burse comes from Medieval Latin bursa (“leather bag”) (compare English bursar), from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”). Compare also Old French borse (French bourse), Old Saxon bursa (“bag”), Old High German burissa (“wallet”).

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purse

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɜːs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English

purse

Inherited from Old English

purs

Cognate with Old English

pusa

Cognate with Old High German

pfoso

Cognate with Low German

puse

Cognate with Old Norse

posi

Cognate with Danish

pose

Cognate with Dutch

beurs

Cognate with Old English

burse

Cognate with English

bursar

Cognate with Old French

borse

Cognate with French

bourse

Cognate with Old Saxon

bursa

Cognate with Old High German

burissa

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