Etymology

sackable

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Today it means: Sufficiently severe to warrant the perpetrator being sacked. Full definition →

English sack ← Middle English sak ← Old English sacc
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekσᾰ́κκος (sắkkos)
  2. Latinsaccus
  3. Proto-Germanic*sakkuz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*sakku
  5. Old Englishsacc
  6. Middle Englishsak
  7. Englishsack
  8. English todaysackable

From sack + -able.

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