Meaning

noun a large indefinite number

noun a complete collection of similar things

noun a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)

originFrom Middle English pak, pakke, from Old English *pæcca and/or Middle Dutch pak, packe; both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”). Cognate with Dutch pak (“pack”), Low German Pack (“pack”), German Pack (“pack”), Swedish packe (“pack”), Icelandic pakka, pakki (“package”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0