Where does “بورصة” come from?
بورصة (Arabic) comes from Ottoman Turkish بورسه, from French bourse, from Italian borsa, from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα — the skin stripped off a hide, leather; the skin...
بورصة (Arabic): stock market, stock exchange, bourse
Definitions
- stock market, stock exchange, bourse
Ancestry of “بورصة”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | بورسه | — |
| 2 | French | bourse | purse; money; financial grant |
| 3 | Italian | borsa | bag, handbag, purse, briefcase; scholarship,... |
| 4 | Latin | bursa | oxhide, animal skin; purse, especially one made... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βύρσα | the skin stripped off a hide, leather; the skin... |