satchel

The story

1. Latin · derived fromsacculus
2. Late Latin · derived fromsaccellum“money bag, purse”
3. Old French · derived fromsachel
4. Middle English · inherited fromsachel
5. English todaysatchel

First recorded circa 1340 as Middle English sachel, from Old French sachel, from Late Latin saccellum (“money bag, purse”), a diminutive of Latin sacculus, itself a diminutive of saccus (“bag”). See sack.

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