Packager

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person or company that wraps, boxes, or otherwise prepares products for sale or distribution
2. One who assembles and encloses items in containers to make them ready for shipment or retail
3. An individual or firm responsible for organizing and securing goods into packages for transport or sale

Etymology: "Packager" is simply "package" with the agent suffix "-er" attached, meaning one who packs. The suffix itself has a long pedigree: it descends from a Proto-Indo-European root through Latin "-arius" (a suffix marking a person connected with something), which passed into Old English as "-ere" and, through Old French "-ier", into Middle English as "-er". English has used this ending for centuries to build names for occupations and roles, so "packager" is a recent-looking formation resting on very old machinery. The base word "package" is itself borrowed, so the final result is a blend of an old Germanic-and-Romance suffix with a more recent noun. Nothing about "packager" is a coinage with a notable inventor or dramatic shift in meaning; its history is that of the suffix and its base.

Synonyms: wrapper, container