Editing Wallet (section)

==Etymology==
The word originated in the late 14th century, meaning "bag" or "knapsack", from uncertain origin (Norman-French ''golette'' (little snout)?), or from similar Germanic word, from the Proto-Germanic term "wall", which means "roll" (from the root "wel", meaning "to turn or revolve."<ref name="onlineetymology">{{cite web | title=Online Etymology Dictionary entry for "wallet" | url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=wallet | access-date=2007-09-06 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224111624/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=wallet | archive-date=2007-12-24 }}</ref>  (see for example "knapzak" in Dutch and Frisian). The early usage by [[Shakespeare]] described something that we would recognise as more like a backpack today.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ShakespearesWords.com |url=https://www.shakespeareswords.com/Public/GlossaryHeadword.aspx?headwordId=8205 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=www.shakespeareswords.com}}</ref> The modern meaning of "flat case for carrying paper money" is first recorded in 1834 in American English.<ref name="onlineetymology"/>

The ancient Greek word ''kibisis'', said to describe the pouch carried the god [[Hermes]] and the sack in which the mythical hero [[Perseus]] carried the severed head of the monster [[Medusa]], has been typically translated as "wallet".<ref>{{cite web | title=CTCWeb Glossary: K | url=http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glossaryk.html | access-date=2007-09-06 | url-status=live | archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110712215106/http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glossaryk.html | archive-date=2011-07-12 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book| title=Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|last1=Apollodorus|editor1-first=James G |editor1-last=Frazer |editor1-link= James George Frazer |location=London |year=1921|publisher=W. Heinemann|volume=2|chapter=Perseus |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Apollod.+2.4.2}}</ref>