Etymology

baggy

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Today it means: Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body. Full definition →

English bag ← Middle English bagge ← Old French baguebor.?
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baggy · adjective, noun1

  1. Old Norsebaggibor.?
  2. Old Frenchbaguebor.?
  3. Middle Englishbagge
  4. Englishbag
  5. English todaybaggy

From bag + -y (adjectival suffix).

baggy · noun2

Presumably a back-formation from baggies (the plural), presumably a genericization of the brand name Baggies. Also analyzable as bag + -y (diminutive suffix).

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