SUMPTER  , a See also:

• PACK (apparently from the root pak-, paq-, seen in Lat. pangere, to fasten; cf. " compact ")
• PACK, OTTO VON (c. 1480-1537)

pack-See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse or See also:

• MULE (Lat. mulus)

mule, a beast for carrying burdens, particularly for military purposes . There were two words once in use, which in sense, if not in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, have coalesced . These are See also:

• SOMMER

sommer " or " summer " and " sumpter." The first comes through the Old See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French sommier, a pack-horse, the other through sommelier, a pack-horse See also:

• DRIVER, SAMUEL ROLLES (1846– )

driver . Both come ultimately from See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. salma, from sagma, a pack, See also:

• BURDEN, or BURTHEN

burden, Old French See also:

• SOMME

somme, saume; See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek vayµa, burden, aarreu', to load . " Sumpter " in the sense of a driver of a pack-horse is rare, and the word is always joined with another explanatory word .