The story
- Semitic · derived from
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσᾰ́κκος“coarse cloth of hair; sack, bag”
- Latin · borrowed fromsaccus“a sack, bag”
- English todaysaccus
Unadapted borrowing from Latin saccus (“a sack, bag”), from Ancient Greek σᾰ́κκος (sắkkos, “coarse cloth of hair; sack, bag”), from Semitic. Doublet of sac, sack, saco, and sakkos.
Words from the same roots
Latinsaccus all →
Ancient Greekσᾰ́κκος all →
Accaophori
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.