English

litterbag

From litter + bag.

A compound of litter + bag

Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‘to lie’

Latin lectus ‘bed’

Old Norse baggi ‘bag, pack, satchel, bundle’

Middle English bagge ‘a fabric container’

English bag

Today it means

noun A bag for the collection of litterfall.

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

Etymograph / litterbag