## Etymology
From re- ('back') + imburse ('to put in a purse, pay'), from Medieval Latin imbursare, from in- ('in') + bursa ('purse'), from Ancient Greek bursa ('hide, leather').

## AI Etymology
Reimburse comes from re- ('back') + imburse ('to put in a purse, pay'), from Medieval Latin imbursare, from in- ('in') + bursa ('purse'), from Ancient Greek bursa ('hide, leather'). The historical chain includes Latin re-, Latin bursa, and Ancient Greek bursa. Older glosses in the chain include "back", "to put in a purse, pay", "in", and "purse", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, reimburse is best read as compound and borrowing, yielding an English verb shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a verb, with the sense "to repay a person for money they have spent or lost". English derivatives include reimbursement, reimbursed, reimbursing, and reimbursable; related forms include disburse, purse, and bursar. The result is an English verb whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

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