bourse

French

noun
Definitions
  • (obsolete) purse
  • money
  • financial grant
  • bourse, stock exchange
  • (in plural) the scrotum
  • (in plural) balls

Etymology

Inherited from Old French borse inherited 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

革

Emoji
🥷

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