Where does “paquet” come from?

paquet (French) comes from Middle French paquet, from Middle Dutch pac, from Old Dutch pakko, from Frankish pakkō, from Proto-Germanic pakkô — bundle; pack; package.

paquet (French): packet; pack; parcel

Definitions

  1. packet; pack; parcel

Ancestry of “paquet”, step by step

paquet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French paquet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpaquet—
2Middle Dutchpac—
3Old Dutchpakko—
4Frankishpakkō—
5Proto-Germanicpakkôbundle; pack; package

via Latin Pascha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPaschaPascha / Passover or Easter
2Ancient GreekΠάσχαEaster
3Aramaicפסחא—
4HebrewפֶּסַחPassover

Words derived from “paquet”

Every word from Proto-Germanic pakkô →Every word from Frankish pakkō →Every word from Old Dutch pakko →