Where does “pack” come from?

pack (Low German) comes from Middle Low German pak, from Old Saxon pakko, from Frankish pakkō, from Proto-Germanic pakkô — bundle; pack; package.

Ancestry of “pack”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanpak
2Old Saxonpakko
3Frankishpakkō
4Proto-Germanicpakkôbundle; pack; package

Words derived from “pack

Every word from Proto-Germanic pakkô