English

mailsack

From mail + sack.

A compound of mail + sack

Proto-Germanic *malhō ‘leather bag’

Frankish *malhu ‘bag’

Old French male ‘bag, wallet’

Anglo-Norman male

Middle English male ‘bag’

English mail

Middle English sak ‘bag, sackcloth’

English sack

Today it means

noun Synonym of mailbag.

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

Etymograph / mailsack