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Where does “packet” come from?

Packet comes from Middle French pacquet, meaning a small bundle or package, from Middle English pacquet.

packet (English): A small pack or package; a little bundle or...

Definitions

  1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or...

Ancestry of “packet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpacquetpacket
2Middle Frenchpacquet—

Words derived from “packet”

  • packetization
  • subpacket
  • interpacket
  • packetize
  • multipacket
  • packetizer
  • depacketization
  • depacketize
  • packetlike
  • depacketizer
  • intrapacket
  • micropacket
  • antipacket
  • packet boat
  • repacketize
  • repacketization
  • radgepacket
  • pacchebotto
  • 패킷
  • पैकेट
Every word from Middle French pacquet →