From Middle English *fak, fec, fæc, from Old English fæc ("space of time, while, division, interval; period of five years, lustrum"), from Proto-Germanic *faką ("division, department, space"), from Proto-Indo-European *pÀǵ- ("to fasten, fix"). Cognate with West Frisian fek, Dutch vak ("section, compartment"), German Fach ("compartment"), Swedish fack ("compartment, box, department"), Latin pangō ("fasten, fix").
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