backpacking.
Hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
Meaning & usage
Hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
Low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back Proto-Germanic *pakkô Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old English *pæcca? ▲ Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old Dutch *pakko Middle Dutch pakbor.? Middle English pak English pack English backpack Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English backpacking From backpack + -ing.
present participle and gerund of backpack
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back Proto-Germanic *pakkô Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old English *pæcca? ▲ Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old Dutch *pakko Middle Dutch pakbor.? Middle English pak English pack English backpack Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English backpacking From backpack + -ing.
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