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packet
1530, from M.E.
pak
"bundle" (see
pack
(n.)) + dim. suffix
-et;
perhaps modified on Anglo-Fr.
pacquet
(M.Fr.
pacquet
), which is ult. a dim. of M.Du.
pak
. A
packet boat
(1641) was originally one that carried mails.
