Etymograph

English

saco

Saco comes from Spanish saco ‘a sack, a half-carga’, and goes back to Ancient Greek σάκκος.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσάκκοςsákkos‘sack, sackcloth’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaccus
  3. Old Spanishc. 950–1500saco
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘a sack, a half-carga’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσάκκοςsákkos‘sack, sackcloth’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaccus
  3. Old Spanishc. 950–1500saco
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘a sack, a half-carga’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin saccus

sac, satchel, 5 more

Today it means

noun A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 111 L.

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Etymograph / Ancient Greek σάκκος / saco

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