borse

See also: Börse

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbor.se/
• Rhymes: -orse
• Hyphenation: bór‧se

Noun

borse f

1. plural of borsa

Anagrams

• bersò, serbo, serbò

Old French

Alternative forms

• burse (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa).

Noun

borse oblique singular, f (oblique plural borses, nominative singular borse, nominative plural borses)

1. small bag used to carry money; a purse

Descendants

• Middle French: bourse
  • French: bourse
    • → English: bourse
    • → Persian: بورس (burs)
    • → Romanian: bursă
    • → Turkish: burs
• Norman: bourse
  • English: burse
• → Middle Dutch: borse
  • Dutch: beurs
    • Afrikaans: beurs
    • Negerhollands: beers
    • → Danish: børs
    • → German: Börse
    • → Norwegian: børs
    • → Papiamentu: bèshi, bersji
    • → Russian: би́ржа (bírža) (possibly via German)
    • → Swedish: börs
    • → West Frisian: beurs

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (borse, supplement)
• burse on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub