The story
- Old French · derived fromen-“in”
- Middle French · derived fromembourser
- Italian · borrowed fromrimborsàre
- Middle French · borrowed fromrembourser
- English todayreimburse
1591, re- (“back”) + imburse (“pay”, literally “put in a purse”) (perhaps after Middle French rembourser or Italian rimborsàre), from Middle French embourser, from Old French en- (“in”) + borser (“to get money”), from borse (“purse”), from Medieval Latin bursa (English purse).
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchen- all →
improveengageenactambushendowencroachen-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.