English

mailstore

From mail + store.

A compound of mail + store

Proto-Germanic *malhō ‘leather bag’

Frankish *malhu ‘bag’

Old French male ‘bag, wallet’

Anglo-Norman male

Middle English male ‘bag’

English mail

Latin īnstaurō ‘to renew, set up’

Anglo-Norman stor

Middle English store ‘supplies’

English store

Today it means

noun A structure in a file system that stores electronic mail.

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

Etymograph / mailstore