Etymology

pack

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Today it means: A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale. Full definition →

Middle English pak ← Middle Dutch pakbor.? ← Old Dutch *pakko
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pack · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic*pakkô
  2. Proto-West Germanic*pakkō
  3. Old English*pæcca?
  4. Proto-West Germanic*pakkō
  5. Old Dutch*pakko
  6. Middle Dutchpakbor.?
  7. Middle Englishpak
  8. English todaypack

From Middle English pak, pakke, from Old English *pæcca and/or Middle Dutch pak, packe; both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”). Cognate with Dutch pak (“pack”), Low German Pack (“pack”), German Pack (“pack”), Swedish packe (“pack”), Icelandic pakka, pakki (“package”).

pack · verb2

  1. Middle English · inherited frompakken
  2. English todaypack

From Middle English pakken, from the noun (see above). Compare Middle Dutch packen (“to pack”), Middle Low German packen (“to pack”).

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