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baggages

[bag-ij] Origin

bag·gage

[bag-ij]
noun
1.
trunks, suitcases, etc., used in traveling; luggage.
2.
the portable equipment of an army.
3.
things that encumber one's freedom, progress, development, or adaptability; impediments: intellectual baggage that keeps one from thinking clearly; neurotic conflicts that arise from struggling with too much emotional baggage.
4.
Disparaging and Offensive.
a.
a woman.
b.
a prostitute or disreputable woman.
5.
Often Offensive. a pert, playful young woman or girl.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English bagage < Middle French, equivalent to Old French bag(ues) bundles, packs (perhaps < Old Norse; see bag) + -age -age

bag, baggage, luggage, pack, sac, sack.
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Word Origin & History

baggage
mid-15c., from O.Fr. bagage "baggage, (military) equipment" (14c.), from bague "pack, bundle, sack," ultimately from the same Scandinavian source that yielded bag.
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