Where does “borsetă” come from?

borsetă (Romanian) comes from Italian borsetta, from Italian borsa, from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα — the skin stripped off a hide, leather; the skin...

borsetă (Romanian): handbag British, purse US

Definitions

  1. handbag British, purse US

Ancestry of “borsetă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianborsettahandbag British, purse US
2Italianborsabag, handbag, purse, briefcase; scholarship,...
3Latinbursaoxhide, animal skin; purse, especially one made...
4Ancient Greekβύρσαthe skin stripped off a hide, leather; the skin...
Every word from Ancient Greek βύρσαEvery word from Latin bursaEvery word from Italian borsa
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