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Where does “bursa” come from?

bursa (Irish) comes from Medieval Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα — the skin stripped off a hide, leather; the skin...

bursa (Irish): burse; purse

Definitions

  1. burse; purse

Ancestry of “bursa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinbursaleather bag; purse; oxhide, animal skin
2Ancient Greekβύρσαthe skin stripped off a hide, leather; the skin...
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