purs

/purs/ · noun

Meaning

purse, leather bag
wallet, scrip

Etymology / origin

Conflation of Old English burse f (“bag, pouch”) and Old English pusa m (“wallet, bag, scrip”). More at burse, pusa.

pusa(Old English)→
burse(Old English)→
purs (Old English)
Relations: cog, cog

Related words

burse(Old English)pusa(Old English)purse(English)purs(Middle English)

Descendant words

purse(English) (inh)
purs(Middle English) (inh)

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