Meaning

verb send via the postal service

noun the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service

noun the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office

originFrom Middle English male, from Anglo-Norman male, Old French male (“bag, wallet”), from Frankish *malha (“bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather pouch”). Compare Dutch maal.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0