Etymology

backbag

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Today it means: Synonym of backpack. Full definition →

English bag ← Middle English bagge ← Old French baguebor.?
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*baką
  3. Proto-West Germanic*bak
  4. Old Englishbæc
  5. Middle Englishbak
  6. Englishback
  7. Old Norsebaggibor.?
  8. Old Frenchbaguebor.?
  9. Middle Englishbagge
  10. Englishbag
  11. English todaybackbag

From back + bag.

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