burse
English
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) A purse.
- A fund or foundation for the maintenance of the needy scholars in their studies.
- (ecclesiastical) An ornamental case to hold the corporal when not in use.
- (obsolete) A stock exchange; a bourse.
- (obsolete) A kind of bazaar.
Etymology
Borrowed from Norman bourse (purse) derived from Old French borse derived from Latin bursa (purse) derived from Ancient Greek βύρσα (hide, wine-skin, leather, skin stripped off a hide, skin stripped off, wineskin, bag).
Origin
Ancient Greek
βύρσα
Gloss
hide, wine-skin, leather, skin stripped off a hide, skin stripped off, wineskin, bag
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
🥷
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bourse English
- disburse English
- disbursement English
- disburser English
- imburse English
- imbursement English
- redisburse English
- reimburse English
- bursa Latin
- bursarius Latin
- bursiformis Latin
- imbursāre Latin
- Bursche German
- borsa Italian
- beurs Dutch, Flemish
- bourse French
- boursette French
- boursier French
- débourser French
- rembourser French
- bolsa Spanish, Castilian
- bursa Spanish, Castilian
- βύρσα Ancient Greek
- βύρσινος Ancient Greek
- βῡρσα Ancient Greek
- *būs- Proto-Indo-European
- børs Norwegian Bokmål
- børs Norwegian Nynorsk
- purs Old English
- بورصة Arabic
- borse Old French
- bourse Old French
- borsa Catalan, Valencian
- bossa Catalan, Valencian
- boș Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bursa Indonesian
- bourse Norman
- boursée Norman
- bourse Middle French
- bolssa Old Portuguese
- bursa Northern Sami
- buorsa Romansh
- bursa Romansh
- sparán Middle Irish
- buarsa Dalmatian
- bursa LL
- bursa ML