Repack

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To package items anew for relocation or safekeeping
2. To place items into new packaging after they have been unpacked or moved
3. To transfer contents from one packaging to another for better organization or transport

Etymology: The verb "repack" is a simple formation: the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "back," attached to "pack." The prefix comes from Latin "re-", which passed into English through Old French, where it was already used as a prefix on verbs. English took the prefix in the Middle English period and applied it freely to native words, so "repack" means to pack something again, usually after it has been unpacked or after its contents have been disturbed. "Pack" itself has a longer and less tidy history. It traces back to a Proto-Germanic root, and it appears in Middle Dutch as "pak," meaning a bundle or bale. English took that bundle sense and turned it into a verb for wrapping and loading goods. Because "re-" can attach to nearly any verb, "repack" needed no special coinage; it is simply the everyday sense of "pack" with "again" added in front.

Synonyms: repackage, reassemble