Etymology

bag

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Today it means: A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods. Full definition →

Middle English bagge ← Old French baguebor.? ← Old Norse baggibor.?
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  1. Old Norsebaggibor.?
  2. Old Frenchbaguebor.?
  3. Middle Englishbagge
  4. English todaybag

Inherited from Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi (“bag, pack, satchel, bundle”) (whence also Old French bague (“bundle, package, sack”)); related to Old Norse bǫggr (“harm, shame; load, burden”), of uncertain origin.

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