PURSE (

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• LATE

Late

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• LAT

Lat. bursa, adapted from Gr.

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• GUPTA

Gupta, hide, skin; possibly O. Eng.

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• PUSA

pusa, bag, has influenced the

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• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change from b to p)  , a small bag for holding money, originally a leather pouch tied at the mouth, but now of various shapes . The great seal of England is borne by the purse-bearer in a purse, usually styled " burse," decorated with the arms of the kingdom, the " burse" being thus one of the insignia of office of the lord chancellor of England . The " privy purse" is the amount of public money set apart in the civil list for the private and personal use of the sovereign (see PRIvY PURSE) .