Etymograph

English

sachet

Sachet comes from French sachet ‘bag’, and goes back to sac.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentsac
  2. French, derivedc. 1600–presentsachet‘bag’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2019same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentsac
  2. French, derivedc. 1600–presentsachet‘bag’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2019same form

Earliest quotation: 2019, Christopher Joyce, A New Weapon In The War Against Plastic Waste: “In the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia,…”

Linked words

through French sac

sac

Today it means

noun A small scented cloth bag filled with fragrant material such as herbs or potpourri.

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

Etymograph / French sac / sachet

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