English
bundle
Bundle comes from Middle English bundel.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500bundel
- Englishearliest quotation 1760bundle
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500bundel
- Englishearliest quotation 1760bundle
Earliest quotation: 1760, Oliver Goldsmith: “The fable of the rods, which, when united in…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- ‘to bind’
band, bond, banner, bend, bind, bonnet, tulip, funicular, 23 more
Today it means
noun A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English bundel / bundle