Where does “mag-empake” come from?
mag-empake (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog empake, from Spanish empaque, from Spanish empacar, from Spanish paca, from Portuguese paca, from Middle French pacque, from English pack, from Middle English pakken — adjectival suffix.
mag-empake (Tagalog): to pack; to pack away; to pack up
Definitions
- to pack; to pack away; to pack up
Ancestry of “mag-empake”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | empake | packing of one's belongings |
| 2 | Spanish | empaque | packaging |
| 3 | Spanish | empacar | to pack, pack away, pack up |
| 4 | Spanish | paca | bale; female equivalent of paco; paca |
| 5 | Portuguese | paca | a lot; super |
| 6 | Middle French | pacque | packet |
| 7 | English | pack | A bundle made up and prepared to be carried;... |
| 8 | Middle English | pakken | To pack; to put into a pack or container; To... |
| 9 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 10 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 11 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 12 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |