Where does “sack” come from?

sack (German) comes from Middle High German sac, from Old High German sac, from Proto-West Germanic sakku, from Proto-Germanic sakkuz, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος — sack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...

sack (German): sack large bag, especially one made of fabric

Definitions

  1. sack large bag, especially one made of fabric

Ancestry of “sack”, step by step

sack traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German sac

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansac—
2Old High Germansac—
3Proto-West Germanicsakkusack, bag
4Proto-Germanicsakkuzsack, bag, purse
5Latinsaccussack, bag; purse, wallet, moneybag; garment of...
6Ancient Greekσάκκοςsack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...

via Italian sacco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansaccosack, bag; sack, sackful, bag, bagful; lot, lots,...
2Englishsack coat—

Words derived from “sack”

Every word from Ancient Greek σάκκος →