bundle English · revision 14932

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1331|origins=ine-pro *bhendh-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈbʌn.dəl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|bondell]], probably [[bor|dum|bondel]], a diminutive of [[m|dum|bond]], from [[m|dum|binden|t=to bind]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) or else partly from [[ang|byndele|t=a binding]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(Cresswell 2021)^(NODE 1998) from [[gem-pro|*bund-]] (see [[bind]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[ine-pro|*bhendh-|t=to bind]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A collection of things bound together: about 1331 in Barnhart, the early 14th century in Etymonline, 1388 in the OED.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) A bandage, a rare obsolete sense, is from 1382.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Caxton wrote of “a bondel of keyes”, and [[bunch]] has since replaced bundle in many uses.^(Barnhart 1988) Anatomists used it for a set of muscle or nerve fibres from the mid-18th century (1732).^(Cresswell 2021)^(OED 1989) Fixed quantities of paper (1724) and of linen yarn (1875) were bundles.^(OED 1989) A large sum of money is from 1899,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) first in American horse racing,^(Cresswell 2021) and ''to go a bundle on'', to bet heavily, followed.^(OED 1989) ''A bundle of nerves'' is from the 1880s in American sources, or 1938 in Etymonline.^(Cresswell 2021)^(Etymonline) The verb is from the 1620s;^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) bundling, the custom of courting couples sleeping clothed in one bed in New England, is from 1781, to bundle someone off from 1823, and to bundle up in warm clothes from 1853.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1331 – a bundle.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1620s – to bundle (verb).^(Etymonline)

+ * 1732 – a bundle of fibres.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1781 – bundling (courtship).^(Etymonline)

+ * 1823 – to bundle off.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1899 – a lot of money.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A number of things bound or gathered together: ''a bundle of sticks''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Something wrapped or tied for carrying; a [[package]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(slang)'' A large sum of money.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''go a bundle on'' ''(slang)'': to be very fond of.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To tie, wrap or gather together.^(AHD)

+ # To send off quickly and without fuss; to [[hustle]].^(AHD)

+ # To dress warmly, often with ''up''.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # ''(historical)'' To sleep fully clothed in the same bed, a former courtship custom of New England and Wales.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[bundler]]

+ * [[bindle]]

+ * [[unbundle]]

+ * [[bundle buggy]]

+ * [[bundle of His]]

+ * [[bundle of nerves]]

+ * [[atrioventricular bundle]]

+ * [[fiber bundle]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[bundle up]]

+ * [[bind]]

+ * [[bond]]

+ * [[band]]

+ * [[bunch]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}