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- "large oblong bag," Middle English sak, from Old English sacc (West Saxon), sec (Mercian), sæc (Old Kentish) "large cloth bag," also "sackcloth," from Proto-Germanic *sakkiz (source also of Middle Dutch sak, Old High German sac, Old Norse sekkr, but Gothic sakkus probably is directly from Greek), an early borrowing from Latin saccus (also source of Old French sac, Spanish saco, Italian sacco), from Greek sakkos "bag (made of goat hair); sieve; burlap, large burlap cloak," which is from Semitic...
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Oct 23, 2023 · The origin of the term "sack" in football can be traced back to the 1960s. It was popularized by Hall of Famer Deacon Jones, a fearsome defensive end renowned for his ability to take down quarterbacks.
- Liz Larson
In football, sack refers to an instance of tackling the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage. The term was, as far as we can tell, coined by David "Deacon" Jones, one of the NFL's most famous defensive linemen. He coined the term in the 1960s, when he was part of the Los Angeles Rams' "Fearsome Foursome."
Jul 2, 2022 · sack (n.4) "sherry," 1530s, an alteration of French (vin) sec "dry (wine)," from Latin siccus "dry" (see siccative). Originally of strong, light-colored wine from Spain and the Canaries. OED notes that the vowel is "not a normal development from the original ' seck.' "
Jul 14, 2016 · The verb to sack is from to give the sack, to dismiss from employment, and to get the sack, to receive one’s dismissal. Earlier versions used the nouns bag and canvas. To give the bag means to dismiss, but originally had the opposite signification: to leave without warning.
OED's earliest evidence for sack is from around 1405, in the writing of Geoffrey Chaucer, poet and administrator. It is also recorded as a noun from the Old English period (pre-1150). sack is formed within English, by conversion.
What does the noun sack mean? There are 17 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun sack , four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
The speakers of Old English used two forms of the word, sæcc, meaning "sackcloth" and descending from Germanic *sakkiz, as well as sacc, meaning "a sack, a bag" and borrowed directly from Latin. The second Old English form is the ancestor of our sack.
