| 词汇 | purse |
| 词源 | purse [OE] A purse gets its name from its traditional material, leather. The word came into English from Latin bursa, which meant ‘money bag’ and also ‘leather, animal skin’. Bursa is the source of bursar [LME], disburse [M16th], andreimburse [L16th]. |
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