The story
- Old French · derived fromporpris
- English todaypurprise
From Old French porpris, from porprendre (“to take away entirely”); por- (“for”) + prendre (“to take”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
purprise
Today it means: An enclosed space, such as the land within the borders of a manor. Full definition →
Old French porpris