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Where does “sackable” come from?

sackable (English) comes from English Sack, from Middle English sak, from Old English sacc, from Old English sæcc, from Proto-West Germanic sakku, from Proto-Germanic sakkuz, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος — sack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...

sackable (English): Sufficiently severe to warrant the perpetrator...

Definitions

  1. Sufficiently severe to warrant the perpetrator...

Ancestry of “sackable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSacksack
2Middle Englishsakbag, sackcloth
3Old Englishsaccsack, bag
4Old Englishsæccbattle, strife, fighting
5Proto-West Germanicsakku—
6Proto-Germanicsakkuzsack, bag, purse
7Latinsaccussack, bag; purse, wallet, moneybag; garment of...
8Ancient Greekσάκκοςsack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...

Words derived from “sackable”

  • unsackable
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