Where does “упаковывать” come from?

упаковывать (Russian) comes from Russian упакова́ть, from Russian у-, from Proto-Slavic u- — away.

упаковывать (Russian): to pack

Definitions

  1. to pack

Ancestry of “упаковывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianупакова́тьto pack (up)
2Russianу-away; with a more concrete purpose
3Proto-Slavicu-away
Every word from Proto-Slavic u- →Every word from Russian у- →Every word from Russian упакова́ть →