packsack

C2+ Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ˈpæksæk/ UK /ˈpæksæk/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

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noun
a bag carried on the back for transporting supplies, a knapsack

The trapper slung his heavy packsack over one shoulder.

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1 noun · a bag carried on the back... knapsack backpack rucksack haversack pack

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Related forms pack backpack knapsack

Etymology

A compound of pack + sack, modeled on knapsack; chiefly North American. Pack is of Low German/Dutch origin, and sack derives via Old English sacc from Latin saccus, ultimately from Greek sakkos.

pakken Middle English saccus Latin

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# packsack

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈpæksæk
**IPA (UK):** ˈpæksæk

## Meanings
1. a bag carried on the back for transporting supplies, a knapsack

## Examples
- The trapper slung his heavy packsack over one shoulder.

## Synonyms
- knapsack
- backpack
- rucksack
- haversack
- pack

## Related Forms
- pack
- backpack
- knapsack

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: pakken
- Root: saccus

## Etymology
A compound of pack + sack, modeled on knapsack; chiefly North American. Pack is of Low German/Dutch origin, and sack derives via Old English sacc from Latin saccus, ultimately from Greek sakkos.

## AI Etymology
Packsack is a compound of pack + sack, modeled on knapsack; chiefly North American. Pack is of Low German/Dutch origin, and sack derives via Old English sacc from Latin saccus, ultimately from Greek sakkos. Important recorded forms include pakken (Middle English) and saccus (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers a bag carried on the back for transporting supplies, a knapsack. The wider family includes related words such as pack, backpack, and knapsack.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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