Morpheme
Purse
Type
free base
Denotation
wallet, bag, pouch
Etymology
Middle English pursen, purs; Old English purs, merger of (1) Old English pusa and (2) Old English burse; Late Latin bursa, byrsa; Ancient Greek býrsa
Evidence
cutpurse, manpurse, pickpurse, purse, pursed, purseful, purseless, purselike, purser, purses, pursestring, purseweb, pursier, pursiest, pursily, pursiness, pursing, pursy, unpurse, unpursed, unpurses, unpursing
Notes
pucker notion from “draw together strings of a moneybag” notion
Doublet
Burse, Bourse
