Etymology

meatpacking

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Today it means: The slaughter and further processing of animals for meat. Full definition →

English packing ← Middle English mete ← Old English mete
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂d-
  2. Proto-Germanic*matiz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*mati
  4. Old Englishmete
  5. Middle Englishmete
  6. Englishmeat
  7. Englishpacking
  8. English todaymeatpacking

From meat + packing.

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