Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA purse. · A fund or foundation for the maintenance of the needy scholars in their studies. · An ornamental case to hold the corporal when not in use. · A stock exchange; a bourse.
Borrowed from Middle French bourse, from Old French borse, from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa). Doublet of purse, compare French bourse (“purse, fund”).
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