saco

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσάκκος“sack, sackcloth”
2. Latin · derived fromsaccus
3. Old Spanish · derived fromsaco
4. Spanish · borrowed fromsaco“a sack, a half-carga”
5. English todaysaco

From Spanish saco (“a sack, a half-carga”), from Old Spanish saco, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, sackcloth”), from Semitic. Doublet of sac, saccus, sack, and sakkos.

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