baggage
English
/ˈbæɡɪdʒ/
noun
Definitions
- (usually) Luggage; traveling equipment
- (uncountable) Factors, especially psychological ones, which interfere with a person's ability to function effectively.
- (obsolete) A woman.
- (military) An army's portable equipment; its baggage train.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English bagage derived from Old French bagage.
Origin
Old French
bagage
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- baggage carousel English
- baggageless English
- baggageman English
- baggagemaster English
- baggager English
- carousel English
- master English
- bagaglio Italian
- bagage Middle English
- baggi Old Norse
- bagage Old French
- bague Old French
- bagage Middle French