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backpacking en · NOUN

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
    • The Australian teens, both from Melbourne, were enjoying a backpacking trip when they became ill after a night out in Vang Vieng. The picturesque rural town in northern Laos has long been a popular backpacking spot. 2024 November 21, Helen Regan, Isaac Yee and Eve Brennan, “Australian teens among six tourists dead as countries warn of suspected methanol poisonings in Laos”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2024:
  2. (uncountable) Low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.

Deriveds

flashpacking · begpacking · bikepacking

Translations (7)

fa کولهگردی (hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack) · ja バックパッキング (low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations) · ja リュックサック旅行 (low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations) · ko 배낭여행 (low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations) · ru бэкпэ́кинг (low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations) · fa کولهگردی (low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations) · es mochileo (hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack)

backpacking en · VERB

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of backpack
    form of backpack