Part of speech: Noun
a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
Categories: Package, Parcel
Part of speech: Verb
make into a bundle
Example: he bundled up his few possessions
Categories: Pack
Part of speech: Verb
sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed
Categories: Sleep, Kip, Slumber, Log z's, Catch some z's
Clump, Bunch up, Packet, Big money, Parcel
The word "bundle" comes from Proto-Germanic *bundil-. It started in Old English byndele. Then it appeared in Middle Dutch bondel. Later, people used it in Middle English bundel.
bindle – A related word in the same word family.
Each civilization borrowed this word because they encountered the concept through cultural contact.