Where does “pacotille” come from?
pacotille (English) comes from French pacotille, from Spanish pacotilla, from Spanish paca, from Portuguese paca, from Middle French pacque, from English pack, from Middle English pakken, from Middle English -en — adjectival suffix.
pacotille (English): Something of little or no value exchanged for...
Definitions
- Something of little or no value exchanged for...
Ancestry of “pacotille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pacotille | junk |
| 2 | Spanish | pacotilla | free luggage of a sailor; trash, junk, garbage;... |
| 3 | Spanish | paca | bale; female equivalent of paco; paca |
| 4 | Portuguese | paca | a lot; super |
| 5 | Middle French | pacque | packet |
| 6 | English | pack | A bundle made up and prepared to be carried;... |
| 7 | Middle English | pakken | To pack; to put into a pack or container; To... |
| 8 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 9 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 10 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 11 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |