Where does “imburse” come from?

imburse (English) comes from Middle French embourser, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

imburse (English): To put into a purse; to save, to store up; To...

Definitions

  1. To put into a purse; to save, to store up; To...

Ancestry of “imburse”, step by step

imburse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French embourser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchembourser—
2Old Frenchen-en- in; into
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Medieval Latin imbursare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinimbursare—
2Late Latinimbursare—
3Latinbursaoxhide, animal skin; purse, especially one made...
4Ancient Greekβύρσαthe skin stripped off a hide, leather; the skin...

Words derived from “imburse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →