Etymograph

English

mailpack

From mail + pack.

A compound of mail + pack

Proto-Germanic *malhō ‘leather bag’

Frankish *malhu ‘bag’

Old French male ‘bag, wallet’

Anglo-Norman male

Middle English male ‘bag’

English mail

Proto-Germanic *pakkô ‘bundle, pack’

Proto-West Germanic *pakkō

Middle English pak ‘a bundle or package’

English pack

Today it means

noun A collection of published, printed materials, and sometimes other objects, placed in a container (typically an envelope) and sent through the mail to a specific person or postal address.

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

Etymograph / mailpack