Where does “repake” come from?
repake (Tagalog) comes from Spanish empaque, from Spanish empacar, from Spanish paca, from Portuguese paca, from Middle French pacque, from English pack, from Middle English pakken, from Middle English -en — adjectival suffix.
repake (Tagalog): repacking
Definitions
- repacking
Ancestry of “repake”, step by step
repake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish empaque
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | empaque | packaging |
| 2 | Spanish | empacar | to pack, pack away, pack up |
| 3 | Spanish | paca | bale; female equivalent of paco; paca |
| 4 | Portuguese | paca | a lot; super |
| 5 | Middle French | pacque | packet |
| 6 | English | pack | A bundle made up and prepared to be carried;... |
| 7 | Middle English | pakken | To pack; to put into a pack or container; To... |
| 8 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 9 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 10 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 11 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via English repack
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | repack | To pack again; To clean the bearings and replace... |
| 2 | English | re- | again, anew; a completive or intensification of... |
| 3 | Middle English | re- | — |
| 4 | Old French | re- | re- again; once more |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |