English
purseless
From purse + -less.
Formed from purse + -less
Proto-Germanic *pusô ‘bag, wallet, scrip’
Proto-West Germanic *pusō
Old English pusa ‘wallet, bag, scrip’
Old English purs
Middle English purs ‘bag, sack, pouch’
English purse
Today it means
adj Without a purse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / purseless