Etymology

bundle

bun·dle
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Today it means: A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying. Full definition →

Middle English bundel ← Middle Dutch bondel ← Old English byndele
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*bundil-
  2. Old English · inherited frombyndele
  3. Middle Dutch · derived frombondel
  4. Middle English · inherited frombundel
  5. English todaybundle

From Middle English bundel, from Middle Dutch bondel or Old English byndele, byndelle (“a binding; tying; fastening with bands”); both from Proto-Germanic *bundil-, derivative of *bundą (“bundle”). Compare also bindle, Dutch bundel, German Bündel.

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