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