luggage

Meaning

Noun

• The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.
• The contents of such containers.
• A specific bag or container holding a traveller's belongings.

Related

Similar words

• baggage

Origin

• 1590s, lug + -age, literally “that which is lugged, dragged around”. Duplicate -g- is to clarify pronunciation of the vowel ‘u’ (which is pronounced unchanged from lug). Compare baggage.