Etymograph

English

fastpack

Blend of fast + backpack.

A blend of fast + backpack

Proto-Germanic *fastuz ‘fixed’

Proto-West Germanic *fast ‘fixed’

Old English fæst ‘firm’

Middle English fast

English fast

Today it means

verb To run while carrying a backpack on a multi-day trail.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fastpack