Etymograph

English

package

Equivalent to pack + -age.

Formed from pack + -age

Proto-Germanic *pakkô ‘bundle, pack’

Proto-West Germanic *pakkō

Middle English pak ‘a bundle or package’

English pack

The story

Possibly influenced by Anglo-Latin paccagium or Old French pacquage.

Today it means

noun Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.

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

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