imburse

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβῠ́ρσᾰ“animal skin; skin stripped off a hide”
2. Latin · derived fromim-
3. Late Latin · derived fromimbursāre
4. Medieval Latin · derived fromimbursāre
5. English todayimburse

From Medieval Latin imbursāre, Late Latin imbursāre, from Latin im- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside’ usually affixed to verbs)) + bursa (“animal skin, oxhide; purse (usually made of leather or skin); supply of money, funds”) (from Ancient Greek βῠ́ρσᾰ (bŭ́rsă, “animal skin; skin stripped off a hide”)); analysable as im- + burse. The word is cognate with Old French enborser (modern French embourser), Italian imborsare, Spanish embolsar (“to bag”).

Words from the same roots