How to spell package

Package is spelled P-A-C-K-A-G-E. Pack + age: keep the CK of pack, then add -AGE.

hear itpack·age/'pækɪdʒ/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: A wrapped collection of items.

In a sentence: The mailman brought a package to our house.

Same family: packed, packing, package (noun), packaging, repackage. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Package comes from the word pack, which goes back to Middle English and probably has Germanic roots related to bundling things together. The noun ‘package’ appeared first, and English later began using it as a verb meaning to put something into a package or box.

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