Etymology

packmule

P3A1C3K5M3U1L1E1

Today it means: A mule used as a pack animal. Full definition →

English mule ← Middle English mule ← Old English mūl
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  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. Englishpack
  9. Proto-Italic*musklos?
  10. Latinmūlus
  11. Latinmūla
  12. Anglo-Normanmule
  13. Latinmūlus
  14. Proto-West Germanic*mūl
  15. Old Englishmūl
  16. Middle Englishmule
  17. Englishmule
  18. English todaypackmule

From pack + mule.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.