backpacking

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Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.?
Proto-Germanic *baką
Proto-West Germanic *bak
Old English bæc
Middle English bak
English back
Proto-Germanic *pakkô
Proto-West Germanic *pakkō
Old English *pæcca?
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Proto-West Germanic *pakkō
Old Dutch *pakko
Middle Dutch pakbor.?
Middle English pak
English pack
English backpack
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-gō
Proto-Germanic *-ōngō?
Proto-Germanic *-ungō
Old English -ung
Middle English -ynge
English -ing
English backpacking

    From backpack + -ing.

    Verb

    backpacking

    1. present participle and gerund of backpack

    Noun

    backpacking (uncountable)

    1. Hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
      • 2024 November 21, Helen Regan, Isaac Yee and Eve Brennan, “Australian teens among six tourists dead as countries warn of suspected methanol poisonings in Laos”, in CNN‎[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 5 December 2024:
        The Australian teens, both from Melbourne, were enjoying a backpacking trip when they became ill after a night out in Vang Vieng.
        The picturesque rural town in northern Laos has long been a popular backpacking spot.
    2. Low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.

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