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Bulk

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means the size or mass of something, or the greater part of a quantity
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Stage 1 of 2
bulki
Old Norse · medieval
"a heap, a cargo"
a cargo, a heap or pile of goods
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Stage 2 of 2
bulk
English · 1300s
"the size, mass, or majority of something"
settled as the English word for the size or mass of something
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